Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has flown in a V-22 Osprey. Rumsfeld took one of the new tilt-rotor aircraft for a flight to Camp Lejune, N.C., on Feb. 24 to participate in the activation ceremony of the Marine Corps Special Operations Command, reports the Delaware County Daily Times.
The Space Development Agency says it’s on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite contracts this month after those awards were delayed by the Pentagon’s decision to divert funds from the agency to pay troops during this fall’s prolonged government shutdown.
