The 754th Electronic Systems Group at Maxwell AFB, Ala., has activated a software center of excellence and awarded a contract for $10 million worth of security protection—all part of the Air Force effort to gain master over cyber operations. Monica Morales reports that the group, which is part of Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom AFB, Mass., activated the Air Force Application Software Assurance Center of Excellence at Maxwell’s Gunter Annex, last month to examine and develop best practices for network and Web-based application security and now has awarded Telos Corp. a contract to provide technology to help identify, protect, and monitor applications.
Members of the Air Force Reserve’s 920th Rescue Wing helped save 11 airplane crash survivors off the coast of Florida on May 12. The Reserve Airmen were flying an HC-130J Combat King II and an HH-60W Jolly Green II on a routine training flight when a Coast Guard call diverted…