:

Army UAS Project Office Opens Rapid Integration And Acceptance Center

DDN

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

SHARE:

The Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office, headquartered at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., recently officially opened its Rapid Integration and Acceptance Center (RIAC) at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, consolidating the testing of UAS payloads and technologies to allow for faster deployment to Warfighters. At the opening ceremony, Program Executive Officer, Aviation, Brig. Gen. William Crosby, drew a paralleled between RIAC and Pony Express operations across the neighboring Utah desert in 1860 and 1861. "In the same pioneering spirit those passionate and…

Congress

House Sends Dec. 11 CR With Ship Construction Funds To Trump’s Desk For Final Signature

The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, sending the temporary funding measure that also includes funds to support ongoing shipbuilding […]

Missile Defense

Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’

While there has been criticism among missile defense advocates of Golden Dome’s development pace after the signing of an executive order in January last year, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, […]

Missile Defense

Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus

Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), a co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus in Congress and a member of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel, discusses the transformative defense investments […]

Space

Space Force PAE For Infrastructure Completing Move To Colorado Springs

U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) for infrastructure–a $4 billion contracting hub for SSC–is completing a move from Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. to […]