The Pentagon named the former civilian technical director for the C-17 acquisition program, Lawrence Fielding, one of eight employees to receive the DOD Distinguished Civilian Service Award for 2006. Fielding, who retired from Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, in August spent 35 years in civil service—all of it with ASC.
A combined Navy and Air Force program is seeking to build a smaller version of a ubiquitous air-to-air missile that could give advanced aircraft, such as the Collaborative Combat Aircraft, greater magazine depth in a high-end fight.