Army Air Service Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell helps to lead a series of tests off the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, with Army crews from the First Provisional Air Brigade, at Langley Field, Va., flying Martin MB-2 bombers, and bombing ships to demonstrate the importance of airpower. The former German destroyer G-102 is sunk in 19 minutes on July 13, a prelude to the sinking of the captured German battleship Ostfriesland on July 21.
Facing competition from fast-growing startups, Lockheed Martin is speeding up production of an “affordable, scalable” hypersonic glide body, dubbed the Next Generation Glide Body, the firm said in a June 24 release.