DOD and NASA have formed a National Partnership for Aeronautical Testing to develop an integrated national strategy for managing their respective aeronautical test facilities with a view toward streamlining and economizing operations, according to a Feb. 23 Pentagon release. The governing body will be an NPAT council, with co-chairs John B. Foulkes, director of DOD’s Test Resource Management Center, and Lisa J. Porter, NASA associate administrator for Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate.
The U.S. military is maintaining a beefed-up presence in the Middle East, including fighters and air defense assets, following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities June 22 and subsequent retaliation by the Iranians against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
