The Aviation Section of the Army Signal Corps, one of the earliest antecedent organizations of the U.S. Air Force, is created by Congress. Sixty officers and students and 260 enlisted men are authorized.
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.