Northrop Grumman says it led a contractor team to design and integrate a one-of-a-kind laser positioning system in a Boeing 737 flight simulator to study aircrew exposure to lasers. Northrop worked with the Air Force and FAA to create this means to monitor pilots’ reaction to an “eye-safe laser” that will be used to develop new flight safety measures to counter the threat of laser blinding.
Lt. Gen. Stephen L. Davis, the Department of the Air Force’s top internal watchdog, has been nominated to lead Air Force Global Strike Command, which oversees the service’s bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles.