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Sports Heroes Who Served: Renowned tennis player served in 2 wars and became...
Dwight Filley Davis Sr. was a tennis star and World War I Army veteran who later became secretary of war — the former title of secretary of defense. Military Service Davis trained at the Preparedness...
View ArticleMark Vande Hei’s Window to the World
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei peers at the Earth below from inside the seven-windowed cupola, the International Space Station’s window to the world. Just outside the cupola is the Soyuz MS-19 crew ship...
View ArticleHeadlines — January 11
News 3 more Russian Navy amphibs enter the Black Sea Three more Russian Navy Amphibious warships have entered the Black Sea following a trio that entered the region on Tuesday, Istanbul-based ship...
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On This Date
Feb. 12, 1959: The last B-36J built and the last one in operational U.S. Air Force service, Serial Number. 52-2827, left Biggs Air Force Base, Texas, where it had been on duty with the 95th Heavy...
View ArticleThe Power of Ten: Meet the 10 winners of NASA’s 10th Annual Space Apps Challenge
NASA’s 10th annual Space Apps Challenge was a global event that brought together innovative ideas from teams across the world. The 2021 Challenge weekend was held Oct. 2-3, 2021 and the global winners...
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Medal of Honor Monday: Navy Cmdr. Howard Walter Gilmore
Navy Cmdr. Howard Walter Gilmore ordered many daring maneuvers while his submarine, USS Growler, prowled the waters of the Pacific Ocean during World War II. It was the last command he gave, however —...
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More U.S. troops to deploy to Europe, Guardsmen moved out of Ukraine
Another 3,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division will move to Europe in the coming days, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III is temporarily repositioning 160 troops training Ukraine’s...
View ArticleLockheed Martin terminates agreement to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne
Lockheed Martin announced Feb. 13, that it has terminated its agreement to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. The decision to terminate the agreement follows the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s...
View ArticleU-2 pilot assists civilian aircraft in distress call
BEALE AIR FORCE BASE. Calif. — A U-2 Dragon Lady pilot assisted a civilian pilot in distress, Feb. 8, 2022, near Lake Berryessa in Napa County, Calif. At approximately 9 a.m., a civilian aircraft...
View ArticleSBIRS GEO-5 achieves Operational Acceptance
The Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit – Satellite #5 (SBIRS GEO-5) was formally transferred from Space Systems Command to Space Operations Command on Feb. 4, 2022 during an...
View ArticleHoneywell engine to power Defiant X heliocopter
Sikorsky and Boeing announced Feb. 10, 2022, that Honeywell will be the engine provider for Defiant XÆ, the advanced helicopter for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft competition....
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Air Force completes avionics software update test for B-1 Lancer
The 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, completed a test of the Sustainment Block-18 avionics software during a U.S. Strategic Command Bomber Task Force mission Jan. 11,...
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Teamwork illuminates Spot 9, new landing site for F-35B
A first round of shipboard testing off the West Coast in January demonstrated that a team effort to increase warfighter capability by adding nighttime landing support for U.S. Marine Corps F-35B flight...
View ArticleDARPA Selects: Peraton Labs to create multi-domain network orchestration...
Peraton Labs has been awarded a contract under The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s Mission-Integrated Network Control program has awarded a contract to Peraton Labs design, develop,...
View ArticleBoeing will offer the P-8A Poseidon for Canada’s multi-mission aircraft project
Boeing announced Feb. 10, 2022, that it intends to offer the P-8A Poseidon in response to Canada’s Request for Information for a long-range maritime patrol aircraft. The Canadian Multi-Mission Aircraft...
View ArticleJaneya Griffin, Technology Transfer Specialist
Tell us briefly about your work for NASA and when you first knew you wanted to join the agency. I am a technology transfer specialist. In a nutshell, I manage NASA’s intellectual property, mainly...
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Black History Month | The Harlem Hellfighters: The most storied Black combat...
From the American Battle Monuments Commission On the Western Front of World War I, death did not discriminate. Artillery screaming towards the trenches treated men of all races the same. But the...
View ArticleLuke Days 2022 cancelled
The 56th Fighter Wing command team at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., has decided to cancel the upcoming Luke Days air show event, previously scheduled for March 19-20, 2022. Due to logistical and economic...
View ArticleNorthrop Grumman delivers 900th F-35 center fuselage
PALMDALE, Calif. — Northrop Grumman marked the 900th center fuselage delivery on Feb. 14, 2022. Using the company’s Integrated Assembly Line in Palmdale, Calif., F-35 center fuselages are delivered...
View ArticleLockheed Martin to prototype next gen Marine Corps 5G communications
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Lockheed Martin a $19.3 million Prototype Project Agreement to create a 5G communications network infrastructure testbed for expeditionary operations...
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