At a Friday afternoon press briefing to herald the cooperation of the Air Force and the Army in developing a new Joint Cargo Aircraft, an Air Force general and Army general told reporters that the services would establish a joint program office—in Huntsville, Ala.—in October. The Army will be lead on the JCA program, which merges the Army’s Future Cargo Aircraft—which just received a go-ahead from Pentagon acquisition guru Ken Kreig—and the Air Force’s Light Cargo Aircraft.
United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket is slated to fly its second national security mission in February—nearly six months after its first operational launch and almost a year after it was certified to fly military payloads for the Space Force.
