Air Force Space Command has deactivated the Air Force Space Battlelab at Schriever AFB, Colo., after 10 years of operation. The space battlelab, as with the seven other Air Force battlelabs, fell prey to the service’s money woes. All seven were to close this fall. SSgt. Don Branum reports that the Space Innovation and Development Center at Schriever will pick up seven of the currently active 14 projects begun in the space battlelab.
It'll take up to 18 months for Lockheed Martin to deliver the 100 or so F-35s that went directly from production line to storage, awaiting the completion of Tech Refresh 3 testing. Customers haven't complained about the order in which the backlog is being delivered.