Cubic Corp. will be working under a $15.6 million contract to provide its new P5 Combat Training System to restore live instrumented air combat training at the Air National Guard’s Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center. Hurricane Katrina destroyed the center’s live instrumentation capability at the center, which is used by ANG, Air Force Reserve, active Air Force, and Navy aircrews. Air Armament Center at Eglin AFB, Fla., which oversees P5CTS deployment for all the services, has slated delivery and operational capability at Gulfport early next year.
New B-52 Radar Makes First Flight
Dec. 12, 2025
The Air Force’s radar modernization effort for the B-52 Stratofortress entered flight testing recently, a “milestone” for the once over-budget system that senior leaders call the start of a new era for the Cold War bomber.
