Burg went on to say that he is working hard on Capitol Hill and in other places to dispel the myth that non-deployed service members are not active participants in the Global War on Terror. “That’s absolutely wrong,” Burg says airmen in space operations are key to providing near-time ISR capabilities from platforms such as Global Hawk and Predator UAVs to warfighters in the field and intelligence-gathering operations back home.
BAE Systems has received a contract from Lockheed Martin to install an upgraded Block 4 electronic warfare system into new F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, as well as to retrofit some older jets.
