The US Air Force is readying its KC-10 Extender boom operators for the future, thanks to a brand new programme combining cutting-edge, three-dimensional simulation with life-size cargo load training. In US Air Force parlance, the boom operator is the aircrew member responsible for aerial refuelling aboard tanker aircraft. The new training ...
Leidos has been awarded a prime contract by the US Air Force Sustainment Center to provide single-point integration services for F-16 fighter jet avionics shops. The single-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract has a three-year base period, two one-year option periods, and a total contract ceiling of $620 million. Leidos will support the ...
A British-built satellite equipped with a 3.4-Kilowatt laser, as powerful as 840 lightbulbs, has been launched into space. Flying at 200 miles above the surface of the Earth, the powerful laser on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Aeolus spacecraft will beam down into the atmosphere and measure wind speeds. This represents a ...
Deployed personnel from the RAF have been involved in a joint exercise alongside military personnel from the US Forces, including the US Black Hawk Squadron, to realistically simulate a downed aircraft involving mass casualties. Personnel from 135 Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW) have been deployed to Romania to conduct the NATO ‘Enhanced ...
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