Air Force Space Command declares the first Space Based Infrared Systems geosynchronous satellite (GEO-1) fully operational. The SBIRS constellation eventually will replace the legacy Defense Support Program satellites.
The nation needs a better-coordinated policy for dealing with unmanned aerial systems that threaten domestic bases, Air Force vice chief of staff Gen. James C. Slife told a panel of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He and Pentagon acquisition and sustainment chief William LaPlante co-chair a panel looking at counter-UAS…