Raytheon says that the company has completed a significant milestone—the factory acceptance test—of the command, control, and communications segment for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, for the next-generation weather satellite. An integrated Raytheon-Northrop Grumman team completed six months of testing on the C3 segment, clearing the way for Raytheon to ship hardware out for installation at 10 sites—including the data processing center at Offutt AFB, Neb.
President Donald Trump’s nominee for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff touted his highly unusual background for the job as an asset and reaffirmed his commitment to stay apolitical during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 1.