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Air Force

Air Force Ending Alternative Fuel Certification Efforts Within Weeks

Thursday, July 11th, 2013

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Air Force Ending Alternative Fuel Certification Efforts Within Weeks

The Air Force will officially end its alternative fuel certification efforts in two to three weeks when the service’s biofuels czar is reassigned to another program. Air Force Alternative Fuels Certification Division (AFCD) chief Jeff Braun told Defense Daily through a spokesman last week the division had been unsuccessful at securing additional funding to continue certification efforts, he said, likely due to current budget tightening. The A-10 was used by the Air Force in 2012 to affirm Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) fuel as…

Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

With the Trump administration’s push to massively increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion in fiscal year 2027, the Army, Air Force and Navy have eschewed submitting large unfunded priorities lists […]

Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

Seeking to close gaps that may arise between state and local law enforcers in different jurisdictions, a bipartisan contingent of House members this week introduced a bill that would allow […]

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]