Later this month the Air Force plans the next flight test of its stealthy JASSM cruise missile. (See above.) The exercise will be the last of three Product Upgrade Verification flight tests before USAF embarks on a series of 16 flights in February to characterize the reliability of the missile, which remains under scrutiny for faulty performance in earlier tests. The upcoming PUV flight will build upon a mission last October—the first of the three PUV tests—by “incorporating corrective actions to the navigation anomaly encountered during the first half of that flight and testing the missile in a GPS jamming environment,” the Air Force tells the Daily Report. Like the October flight, the missile in the upcoming test will feature the new “Trimble-based GPS receiver” that will be incorporated into production missiles starting with lot 6, USAF says.
Pentagon Releases Cost of Living, BAH Rates for 2026
Dec. 30, 2025
The Pentagon will pay cost of living allowances to 127,000 service members in the continental U.S. in 2026, an increase of 66,000 members in 2025. Airmen and Guardians across the U.S. will also receive an average increase of 4.2 percent for their Basic Housing Allowance, compared to the 5.4 percent…
