The Air Force has awarded a Bronze Star Medal to Maj. Greg Whitaker with the 3rd Combat Communications Squadron at Tinker AFB, Okla., for his actions while deployed to Afghanistan. Brandice Armstrong reports that Whitaker received the award for his “outstanding leadership and technical expertise.”
A top Pentagon tech official called on industry this week to help the military develop “lighter, more efficient” directed energy weapons designed to go on aircraft and conduct special operations missions or down drones—areas where the Air Force’s directed energy efforts have been quiet as of late.