June 20, 2019 Preventing heat illness Anyone exposed to high temperatures for a sustained period of time is at risk for heat-related illness. Heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion or heat stroke, happen when the body is not able to properly cool itself. The body normally cools itself by sweating. But under some conditions,
June 20, 2019 SMC prepares for “Summer of Launch 19” with four space missions over two-month period Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center, the national security space launch procurer of choice, is preparing for a very busy summer of space launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida.Weather permitting, in a span of just 30 days over the next two months, SMC’s launch program offices
June 20, 2019 Contracting director shares plan for acquisition culture change In this era of global competition, the Air Force contracting system needed to make adjustments, a Hanscom Air Force Base senior executive told a local industry group here June 18.
June 20, 2019 Making the case for cross training Cross training is working out in alternate ways to support the movements, speed, strength, power, and endurance for a specific skill.
June 20, 2019 Hanscom employee captures BIG award An Air Force Life Cycle Management Center program manager here will receive the Air Force Blacks in Government Military Meritorious Service Award at a ceremony during the organization’s annual conference in Dallas later this summer.
June 19, 2019 AFRL engineer earns ASME Fellow honor WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Dr. Carl Tilmann, Principal Scientist with the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate, Aerospace Vehicles Division, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).Designation as an ASME Fellow recognizes
June 18, 2019 Auto GCAS team presented with Collier Trophy The 416th and 461st Flight Test Squadrons along with Lockheed-Martin, the F-35 Joint Program Office, NASA and the Defense Safety Oversight Council received the prestigious 2018 Robert J. Collier Trophy, June 13, 2019, for the development and testing of the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance
June 17, 2019 KC-46 completes testing with Super Galaxy The U.S. Air Force’s newest air refueling aircraft, the KC-46A Pegasus, is undergoing a variety of tests out of Edwards Air Force Base, California.
June 17, 2019 AFRL produces lighter, thinner transparent armor WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Transparent aluminum, a technology first suggested in the science fiction film “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,” is now a reality.With a growing need in the Department of Defense for transparent armor for personnel protection and infrared windows for
June 17, 2019 Simulators Division seeking proposals from small businesses WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – In an effort to advance and improve Air Force simulators, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Simulators Division is seeking proposals from small businesses.The division is asking small businesses to “pitch” how they can help the Air Force in certain