The Air Force is offering Aviator Continuation Pay to select pilots and air battle managers—no combat systems officers—for Fiscal 2007. The aim is to garner commitments from “specific rated officer demographic groups” to help the service “stabilize the inventory,” states an Air Force Personnel Center news release. Eligible pilots are being offered $25,000 for five years and ABMs get $15,000.
The Pentagon has concluded a new agreement to buy laser-guidance kits that turn rockets into drone-killing weapons. BAE Systems and the Defense Department announced a framework deal of up to seven years for 25,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System guidance kits annually for the U.S. military.