DECEMBER 16, 2025 — Air Force Global Strike Command/A5N – Commercial Capabilities and Integration and Transition Division, the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES), and industry partners completed a flight test Monday, Nov. 3, to evaluate an adaptive seat cushion for the B-52H Stratofortress designed to reduce fatigue and improve aircrew performance during long-duration … [Read more...]
Squadrone Gets New Tactical Vehicles
DECEMBER 16, 2025 - The 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron received new Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, improving the fleet used for base defense and increasing safety and survivability in challenging terrain, in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Dec. 3, 2025. The JLTVs delivered to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing were part of a larger movement … [Read more...]
Innovation Lab Turns Ideas Into Solutions in Days
DECEMBER 16, 2025 - Contractors quoted Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division mechanical engineer Vincent Malpaya $2,500 per unit to manufacture a switch matrix for rocket testing, and he needed 10 of them. Instead of waiting months and paying tens of thousands of dollars, he built the part himself in the warfare center's Innovation Lab at Naval Air Weapons Station China … [Read more...]
Navy Accepts New USS Idaho Sub
DECEMBER 16, 2025 – The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the Submarine Force’s newest fast attack submarine, the future USS Idaho (SSN 799), from General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) Dec. 15, marking the second delivery of a Virginia-class fast attack submarine this year. The delivery represents the official transfer of the submarine from the shipbuilder to the Navy. The … [Read more...]
Eyes to the Sky: Adapting to the Fight Above
DECEMBER 16, 2025 – U.S. Marines and Sailors of 1st Marine Logistics Group participated in a live-fire shotgun range, simulating counter-small unmanned aerial systems tactics during Exercise Steel Knight 25 on Dec. 2, 2025. As modern conflicts continue to showcase the rapid evolution of aerial threats, sUAS pose a threat to logistics operations in a contested environment. … [Read more...]