Family members of Guard and Reserve personnel mobilized for the Global War on Terror will continue to receive Tricare health plan benefits until Oct. 31, 2007, according to Pentagon officials. DOD recently decided to extend the deadline for an additional two years. The extension applies to family members of 170,000 reservists called to active duty for more than a month. For more information, click here.
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.