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Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on December 09, 2020 at 3:04 PM
General Atomics concept for a laser mounted on an Army 8×8 Stryker vehicle.
WASHINGTON: General Atomics is so confident in a unique technology they say solves the heat and weight problems found in rival laser designs that they’re making it the core of two distinctly different projects.
The Office of the Secretary of Defense is funding General Atomics and two competitors to build experimental lasers able to blast out some 300 kilowatts of power – enough to burn cruise missiles out of the sky. This project is about scaling up laser power output and testing alternative technologies for the services to pick up for separate follow-on programs.
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Staff Sgt. Alaxey Germanovich, a Special Tactics combat controller with the 26th Special Tactics Squadron, 24th Special Operations Wing
U.S. Air Force courtesy photo Special Tactics airman to be awarded Air Force Cross Dec 9, 2020
Dec 9, 2020
Staff Sgt. Alaxey Germanovich, a Special Tactics combat controller with the 26th Special Tactics Squadron, 24th Special Operations Wing U.S. Air Force courtesy photo
HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (AFNS) â Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett was scheduled to present the Air Force Cross to a Special Tactics airman during a ceremony Dec. 10 at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.
Staff Sgt. Alaxey Germanovich was to be awarded the nationâs second highest medal for gallantry against an armed enemy of the U.S. in combat.
WASHINGTON U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, who frequently notes and praises the massive military presence in his Northwest Florida district, has voted against the $741 billion federal military spending and policy bill for the current fiscal year.
In a Tuesday speech on the floor of the House explaining his vote on what he called a good bill, Gaetz said he specifically opposed provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that limit efforts by the administration of President Donald Trump to reduce U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan from 4,500 personnel to 2,500 personnel and to bring home as many as 12,000 of the 36,000 U.S. military personnel in Germany.