The Air Force and its industry partners successfully launch the first Global Positioning System Block IIF satellite into space aboard a Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The Boeing-built spacecraft features a more robust and higher power military signal-first included on GPS Block IIR-M satellites-and a new L5 civil signal for aviation safety of flight.
One of the Air Force and Navy’s most common air-to-air missiles is falling short of a key readiness metric, and the services are ramping up stocks of a vital air-to-ground missile, according to recent Pentagon reports.
