The Air Force awarded a $17 million contract to Northrop Grumman to continue radar development for the Global Hawk UAV program. The company will provide updates to the system requirements, delivery of logistics/technical manual source data, delivery of an Electronic Target Simulator/Radar Range Repeater Support Vehicle, and management support for engineering—by October 2008.
The Space Superiority Weapons Instructor Course looks a lot different today than it did 30 years ago—a reflection of the growing importance of space to joint operations and the elevation of what was then a small cadre within the Air Force to its own separate service.