The Pentagon plans to name a new outside review panel to survey military space management and operations, reports Andy Pasztor of the Wall Street Journal. A DOD spokesman told Pasztor that there is a timeline for the review, but the department is still considering appropriate appointees. The last overarching review was the 2001 Commission to Assess US National Security Space Management and Organization headed by Donald Rumsfeld before he stepped down to become Defense Secretary.
General Atomics, the maker of one of the Air Force’s first Collaborative Combat Aircraft, has ambitious plans for its family of semi-autonomous drones beyond the FQ-42, including a flying-wing aircraft capable of carrying out both reconnaissance and strike missions. Meanwhile, the Air Force Research Laboratory announced a new program to…