The Pentagon on Feb. 6 outlined additional bases that would house people who need to be quarantined as part of the outbreak of the new coronavirus, should the Department of Health and Human Services request. The 11 bases are near major international airports, with each ...
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Northrop Grumman is pitching the Air Force a new battle management system, which it hopes to incorporate into future Advanced Battle Management System experiments. The system is designed to be completely heterogeneous with a sliding scale of autonomy, so there is a network of capability ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.—You see the intercontinental ballistic missile before you hear it. Upon ignition in its underground silo, the horizon blooms bright red-orange, and a ball of light rises west over the Pacific Ocean. A dull roar intensifies as the unarmed nuclear missile ...
A health of the defense industrial base was given a grade of "C" by the National Defense Industrial Association in a report released Feb. 5. The NDIA says the report will be issued annually to gauge whether the industrial base is able to surge at ...
Two charted aircraft arrived at Travis Air Force Base, California, on Feb. 5 carrying about 350 passengers evacuated from the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak. The 747s flew from Wuhan, China, and were received at Travis by personnel from the Department of Health and ...
Since an ongoing series of earthquakes began to rock Puerto Rico in late December, including a magnitude 5.0 tremor on Feb. 4, Civil Air Patrol has been engaged in relief and recovery efforts, both in the sky and on the ground. The U.S. Air Force ...
The Pentagon is opening four additional bases, including two Air Force installations, to the Department of Health and Human Services for the possible quarantine of personnel as the coronavirus outbreak continues. On Feb. 1, the Pentagon agreed to provide housing at Travis Air Force Base, ...
An exclusive interview with John W. Henderson, assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations, environment, and energy.
After years of declining investment, NATO members’ spending on defense is rebounding. But frictions persist.
