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By   Justin Katz on August 02, 2021 at 11:15 AM A SPY-6 radar while undergoing testing at Wallops Island in Virginia. (Raytheon) WASHINGTON: Two variants of the SPY-6 radars have completed a series of tests at the Navy’s Wallops Island test facility in Virginia, which prime contractor Raytheon says was necessary to keep the program’s development on track. The testing, which occurred earlier this year, was focused on demonstrating new functionalities for both variants and will allow testi...

The Program Executive Office for Aviation Combat Aviation Brigade Architecture Integration Lab conducted its first Technology Insertion Event, June 21-25. The event’s purpose was to incorporate maturing technologies and products from selected industry vendors into a simulated aviation force to explore and examine their relative operational value. The CABAIL staff teamed with groups from the Redstone Test Center and the Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center to de...

By Stephanie Kanowitz Jul 20, 2021 The Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office (RSO) announced an agreement with Google Cloud to build an open, agile and globally scalable system for aircraft maintenance. Announced July 16, the initiative, known as Project Lighthouse, will enable RSO to optimize maintenance readiness, increase staff productivity and reduce costs. Project Lighthouse creates a unified ecosystem that helps the office accelerate its goals and digitize for the future. “This project sim...

15 Jul 2021 The United States Capitol Police (USCP) is poised to begin using the same military surveillance systems that American troops used against terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan, as it moves into a “new path towards an intelligence based protective agency” after the January 6 Capitol breach. The USCP released a statement last week that said through a loan from the Department of Defense (DOD), it will have access to “state-of-the-art campus surveillance technology, which will enhan...

13 July 2021 RESTON, Va. Bechtel-led team takes on next inventory of chemical weapons A Bechtel-led plant in Kentucky has successfully begun destroying its next batch of chemical weapons, just two months after completing a previous campaign. The first M55 rockets containing VX nerve agent were destroyed July 9 at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP), near Richmond, Kentucky. Nearly 18,000 rockets containing VX will be destroyed in the campaign. “Our...

The Program Executive Office for Aviation’s Apache Production and Fielding Product Office saw a change in leadership during a change of charter ceremony June 24 at Bob Jones Auditorium. Lt. Col. Jeffrey Poquette relinquished responsibility as product manager to Lt. Col. Matthew Woolsey, who most recently served as an aviation portfolio manager in the Legislative Liaison office. Presiding over the ceremony was Col. Jay Maher, project manager of the Apache Helicopters Project Office. “T...

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Navy, Boeing Make Aviation History with MQ-25 For the first time in history, the U.S. Navy and Boeing have demonstrated air-to-air refueling using an unmanned aircraft – the Boeing-owned MQ-25™ T1 test asset – to refuel another aircraft. During a test flight June 4, MQ-25 T1 successfully extended the hose and drogue from its U.S. Navy-issued aerial refueling store (ARS) and safely transferred jet fuel to a U.S. Navy F/A...