The Senate on Friday confirmed Michael W. Wynne to be the new Secretary of the Air Force. (DR, 10/07/05) In the last action of the day, Senate Majority leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) asked for and received a unanimous confirmation of Wynne.
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.