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Travis Air Force Base Teams Up On Drone-Based Security Operations By Travis Air Force Base | December 14, 2020 ADVERTISEMENT The first deployment of automated aerial security solution on a USAF Installation Travis Air Force Base, California, and Brooklyn, New York - December  14, 2020 - The 60th Air Mobility Wing, 60th Security Forces Squadron, in conjunction with  Easy Aerial, a commercial provider of autonomous drone-based monitoring solutions, has developed and deployed the first automat...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. U.S. Marine Corps Awards $184 Million Contract for Full-Rate Production of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle Following IOC Declaration December 11, 2020 GMT STAFFORD, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 10, 2020-- BAE Systems’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle Family of Vehicles (ACV FOV) program has achieved its most significant milestone to date with the Marine Corps’ decision to move into full-rate production and awa...

The Marine Corps is moving its new amphibious combat vehicle into full-rate production.

The U.S. Marine Corps authorized full-rate production of Amphibious Combat Vehicles in a $184 million contract with BAE Systems, the company announced.

Boeing and the U.S. Navy flew the MQ-25 T1 test asset with an aerial refueling store (ARS) for the first time on Dec. 9, 2020. The successful flight with the Cobham ARS – the same ARS currently used by F/A-18s for air-to-air refueling – tested the aircraft’s aerodynamics with the ARS mounted under the wing. Future flights will continue to test the aerodynamics of the aircraft and the ARS at various points of the flight envelope, eventually progressing to extension and retraction of the ho...