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)
While the U.S. Air Force plans to spend big and make Collaborative Combat Aircraft drones an essential part of its tactical fleet in the near future, the U.S. Navy is working to team manned and unmanned aircraft as well.