The Air Force had expected to conclude its investigation into the B-52 weapons misadventure last week, but The Shreveport Times reports that it will take a while longer. Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne was at Minot AFB, N.D., last week for an update on the incident. An Air Force spokeswoman told the Times that the investigation could “continue for at least the next several weeks.”
Facing competition from fast-growing startups, Lockheed Martin is speeding up production of an “affordable, scalable” hypersonic glide body, dubbed the Next Generation Glide Body, the firm said in a June 24 release.