The aerobics physical fitness program developed by Lt. Col. Kenneth H. Cooper of Air Force Systems Command’s Aerospace Medical Laboratory is adopted by the Air Force to replace the 5BX program.
Bell Textron has won DARPA's contest for a no-runway, high-speed drone that will prove out technologies useful for special operations forces and possibly the Air Force's Agile Combat Employment concept. Bell's design converts a tiltrotor to a jet-powered aircraft able to fly at up to 450 knots.