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By Jill Pickett, AEDC/PA / Published May 03, 2021 Collaborative Small Diameter Bombs (CSDBs) are launched from the wing of an F-16 fighter from the Air Force Test Center’s 96th Test Wing at Eglin AFB. Four of the bombs were dropped during the second flight demonstration of the Air Force Golden Horde Vanguard on February 19th. (Courtesy photo) Four Collaborative Small Diameter Bombs (CSDBs) hang from the wing of an F-16 fighter from the Air Force Test Center’s 96th Test Wing...

2 Alabama companies win multi-year military contracts Associated Press 2 hrs ago HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Two Alabama companies have won three multi-year contracts totaling $888 million for advisory and assistance services at Air Force bases in Florida and Tennessee, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. Torch Technologies Inc., of Huntsville, beat three competitors and has an order for nearly $475 million for the tenant organization of the 96th Test Wing at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida...

2 Alabama companies win $888 million in military contracts Updated 9:17 AM; Today 9:17 AM 404788 02: The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Perform An Aerial Demonstration In A Tight Four-Ship Formation During A Performance April 28, 2002 At The Eglin Air Force Base, Fl. (Photo By Getty Images)Getty Images Facebook Share Two Alabama companies have won three multi-year contracts totaling $888 million for advisory and assistance services at Air Force bases in Florida and Tennessee, the Department of ...

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: April 7, 2021 HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Two Alabama companies have won three multi-year contracts totaling $888 million for advisory and assistance services at Air Force bases in Florida and Tennessee, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. Torch Technologies Inc., of Huntsville, beat three competitors and has an order for nearly $475 million for the tenant organization of the 96th Test Wing at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, according to the Pentagons daily list o...

By Jill Pickett, Arnold Engineering Development Complex Public Affairs / Published March 16, 2021 Jay Caldwell, a commercial machinist, works on venturis mounted inside the scavenging scoop in the 16-foot supersonic wind tunnel, Nov. 3, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The scoop was modified to allow for the calibration of a large-scale mass flow assembly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett) Nathan Payne, Flight Systems Test Branch, Test Division propulsion subject matt...

Innovation by the Aerodynamics Test Branch resulted in new ways to calibrate mass flow assembly in wind-tunnel testing. ,

GSCW chat recap: Jason Coker on national defense strategy, space commercialization “We were the big dog in space. Well, you know what, there’s other dogs in space besides us now.” 195 2 minutes read This fireside chat recap is from Day 1 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week. Day 1 focuses on the military, aerospace and manufacturing. FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: National defense strategy from World War II to space  DETAILS: A look at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex’s (AEDC...

U.S. Air Force Tests Directed Energy Counter-UAS Weapon Our Bureau 2127 Raytheons High-Energy Laser Weapon System. The U.S. Air Force said it tested High Energy Laser Weapon System 2 (HELWS2 or H2) counter-Unmanned Aerial System (c-UAS) directed energy weapon (DEW) last year. “This experiment has many notable U.S. Air Force firsts, including the complete training of and operation of the system by Security Forces Airmen, the first directed energy c-UAS capability, and the first integration w...

Throughout 2020, the 704th Test Group's Operating Location-AA, part of the Directed Energy Combined Test Force, or DE CTF, focused much of its effort on...

Second test of Air Forces drone-killing laser may start later this year By (0) The U.S. Air Force is testing high-powered lasers and microwaves for use of directed energy to shoot down drones and other aerial objects, it said on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of Raytheon Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Further experiments in directed energy weapons -- which use of lasers and microwaves to intercept hostile airborne objects -- are expected in 2021, the U.S. Air Force said on Wednesday. A one-year assessment of...