The Air Force has asked the National Aeronautics Association to consider the F-22 Combined Test Force at Edwards AFB, Calif., for the 2005 Collier Trophy. NAA traditionally announces the trophy winner in the spring.
Pentagon officials overseeing homeland counter-drone strategy told lawmakers that even with preliminary moves to bolster U.S. base defenses, the military still lacks the capability to comprehensively identify, track, and engage hostile drones like those that breached the airspace of Langley Air Force Base in Virginia for 17 days in December…