The Air Force has awarded a Bronze Star to Capt. Marco Tassone with the 78th Security Forces Squadron at Robins AFB, Ga., for his service in Afghanistan. The Macon Telegraph reports that Tassone served as plans and policies officer at the coalition detention facility at Bagram Air Base.
RTX, parent of Raytheon, Collins and Pratt & Whitney, is getting out of the space prime business and focusing on its "strengths" as a maker of space sensors, buses, and components, company COO Chris Calio said during an earnings call.