The Air Force has put $103 million toward replacing a 53-year-old runway at its premier research and development test facility, Edwards AFB, Calif. The project got underway last week with a groundbreaking ceremony.
House lawmakers are encouraging the Air Force and U.S. Special Operations Command to work together as each pursues long-range, long-endurance reconnaissance drones. Both entities are investing in unmanned assets that can slip into highly defended areas, loiter over a particularly valuable target for days at a time, and traverse multiple…