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Camp Pendleton taking steps toward wildlife preservation
April is widely regarded as “Earth Month” all over the globe. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Southern California honors, protects, and conserves the Earth not only on this occasion, but every day...
View ArticleResearchers at NAWCWD China Lake develop safer BPA alternatives
If you’ve ever seen an advertisement for a BPA-free water bottle or heard from a friend that you shouldn’t microwave your food in a plastic container, you may have wondered what all the fuss is about....
View ArticleNASA builds welding test article for SLS exploration upper stage
NASA completed manufacturing of a hydrogen tank barrel that will be tested as a weld confidence article for the Space Launch System rocket’s Exploration Upper Stage. Weld confidence articles help...
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Poland announces increased defense spending
At the Pentagon April 20, 2022, for a meeting with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said his country will increase its defense spending to 3 percent...
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Eglin AFB test team proves Legion pod targeting capabilities
The Integrated Test Team at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., conducted the first-ever multi-platform operational test to effectively locate a target using shared Infra-Red Search and Track sensor data,...
View ArticleHeadlines — April 22
News First American howitzers bound for Ukraine arrive in Europe as US troops begin training Ukrainians on the cannons The first US 155mm howitzers from the latest $800 million military aid package for...
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U.S. Navy Raytheon Co., Raytheon Missiles & Defense, Tewksbury, Mass., is awarded a $482,714,279 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-only, and firm-fixed-price contract for DDG 1000...
View ArticleGE Aviation choses BAE Systems to provide energy management solutions for...
BAE Systems has been selected by GE Aviation to provide energy management solutions for the recently announced hybrid electric technology demonstrator program. As part of the NASA research project, BAE...
View ArticleAF secretary says budget request meets current needs, opens path to future
In remarks at the National Press Club April 19, 2022, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall highlighted a message he’ll deliver to Congress beginning next week, that the Air and Space Forces are facing...
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Air Force, local community host final Doolittle Raiders ceremony, aerial review
The Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Air Force Special Operations Command, hosted the final Doolittle Raiders Goblet Ceremony at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center at...
View ArticleNASA and industry to collaborate on space communications by 2025
NASA chose six American satellite communications providers on April 20, 2022, to begin developing and demonstrating near-Earth space communication services that may support future agency missions. For...
View ArticleMDA awards Lockheed Martin contract for eighth THAAD battery
Lockheed Martin has received a $74 million contract to produce the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System for the Missile Defense Agency. The award amount covers the production of an...
View ArticleT-7 Red Hawk oxygen system tested by U.S. Air Force
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Mobility and Training Aircraft Directorate, is currently testing the On-Board Oxygen Generation System that will go on the T-7 Red Hawk trainer. “We’re...
View ArticleRaytheon Missiles & Defense awarded up to $1.68 billion by U.S. Navy for...
TUCSON, Ariz. — The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, an activation, sustainment, and modernization contract for $483 million with options, if...
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Medal of Honor Monday: Army Air Corps Gen. Jimmy Doolittle
Most people know the name Jimmy Doolittle for his famous World War II raid on Tokyo that earned him the Medal of Honor, but the Army Air Corps general was a memorable figure long before that. Doolittle...
View ArticleHeadlines — April 25
News Britain reveals Ukrainian soldiers are training locally Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed Ukrainians were training on vehicles being donated to Kyiv by London during his two-day trip to...
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Wingspans: Celebrating the life of Bob Cardenas
Devotion. That is the best word to describe the late Brig. Gen. Robert “Bob” Cardenas, who was laid to rest March 31, 2022, at Miramar National Cemetery at 102 years old. At a ceremony attended by many...
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U.S. Navy Kearney & Co. P.C., Alexandria, Va., (N00189-22-D-Z014); KPMG LLP, McLean, Va., (N00189-22-D-Z015); Sehlke Consulting, Vienna, Va., (N00189-22-D-Z016); Deloitte & Touche LLP,...
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How does human spaceflight technology benefit people on Earth
Space exploration and its relationship with Earth is symbiotic. Often, what works for one benefits the other, and vice versa. This Earth Day, as NASA prepares to send humans farther into the solar...
View ArticleNorthrop Grumman’s Arizona satellite facility expands
GILBERT, Ariz. — Northrop Grumman marked the completion of its expansion of the satellite manufacturing facility at its Gilbert, Ariz., campus, April 22, 2022. The expansion adds 120,000 square feet to...
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