The VA is dedicating $40 million over the next three years to set up a nationwide rehabilitation system for visually impaired veterans and active duty personnel, according to a Jan. 25 release. The funding will improve inpatient services, expand outpatient services, and provide care spanning the gamut of vision problems, from 20/70 eyesight to blindness. Each of the VA’s 21 regional networks will offer outpatient-based blind rehabilitation services.
The Air Force has embraced new technical approaches like open mission systems and rapid software updates for cutting-edge aircraft like the B-21 and Collaborative Combat Aircraft. Increasingly, though, the service is also working to apply these to its older, “legacy” aircraft, officials said this week.