The Pentagon has identified an airman who was killed during operations in Afghanistan Saturday as SrA. Adam P. Servais, 23, of Onalaska, Wis. Servais was a member of Air Force Special Operations Command’s 23rd Special Tactics Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla. He died during a four-hour firefight with Taliban extremists in Uruzgan province.
Space Systems Command on July 27 announced a $287 million award to Sphinx Defense to develop a mission planning prototype for the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications program’s ground segment.