The Air Reserve Personnel Center wants to change the dynamics of how reservists conduct their personnel administrative actions—changing from nearly all done face-to-face to mostly online transactions. ARPC currently finds that 85 percent of personnel actions are handled in-person, with 10 percent conducted online. It wants to reverse that. First, however, it must expand its new virtual Web portal, which officials say is maturing in capability as successive phases go online. Right now, reservists can correct their duty history and points or sign up for Tricare Reserve Select, among other capabilities.
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.