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.
The KC-Z4, a blended wing body tanker concept being developed by startup JetZero, could fuel larger groups of aircraft at longer range to hold more targets at risk, company officials say.