March 31, 2023 Department of the Air Force transition to DoD HFACS 8.0 early April On April 1, the DoD Human Factors Analysis and Classification System will see an upgrade from version 7.0 to 8.0. Human factors describe how our interaction with tools, tasks, working environments, and other people influence human performance. Human error remains the leading cause of DoD mishaps.
March 31, 2023 DoD announces new bereavement leave benefit for service members The Defense Department announced new non-chargeable, paid bereavement leave benefit for service members.
March 28, 2023 Enterprise LMR contract delivers reliability, security to leaders and first responders The Enterprise Land Mobile Radio Lifecycle Management & Sustainment Services contract, awarded by the 771st Enterprise Sourcing Squadron in partnership with AFIMSC’s LMR Product Management Office, is part of the DAF’s focus on category management to drive consistency of service and equipment as well
March 28, 2023 Innovation conference supports defense of 'invisible' battlespace The Electronic Warfare and Avionics Program Office in the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, hosted an innovation conference March 21-23 at the Museum of Aviation.
March 28, 2023 Hill Security Forces leverage technology for smoother base entrance Drivers heading onto Hill AFB through one of the three main gates have a new way to determine what travel times look like via a recently added feature on Hill’s Air Force Connect App.Members from the 75th Security Forces Squadron saw a need and came up with the Gate Travel Times feature as a way to
March 28, 2023 BESPIN awards contracts with REMIS, WARPspeed for design studio services BESPIN awards new contracts.
March 27, 2023 Hack-A-Sat competition highlights on-orbit hacking The Department of the Air Force, or DAF, in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, and Space Systems Command, opened registration Feb. 22, 2023, for the qualification round of the fourth annual “Hack-A-Sat” competition, the world’s first satellite hacking contest hosted for
March 24, 2023 Air Force conducts second ARRW test flight Launch focused on the ARRW’s end-to-end performance.
March 23, 2023 DLA Aviation delivers readiness lethality to warfighter The mission of Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is to ensure total part supportability to the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex sustainment processes.
March 22, 2023 AFSFC begins department-wide periodic confinement assessments The Air Force Security Forces Center recently began its first full year of established, Level I confinement facility assessments, solidifying a plan to ensure health, safety and security standards across the Department of the Air Force.