Officials at the US Air Warfare Center at Nellis AFB, Nev., on April 6 formally opened the center’s Irregular Warfare Center of Excellence, which will evaluate, analyze, and train airmen and US allies in the means to integrate irregular warfare capabilities into conventional warfare. (Nellis photo release) n Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tennessee has successfully test fired the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Falcon Combined Cycle Engine Test; it was also the first customer test using AEDC’s Aerodynamic Propulsion Test Unit since it underwent an extensive, multi-year upgrade. (AEDC photo release)
The Air Force and Boeing agreed to a nearly $2.4 billion contract for a new lot of KC-46 aerial tankers on Nov. 21. The deal, announced by the Pentagon, is for 15 new aircraft in Lot 11 at a cost of $2.389 billion—some $159 million per tail.