Pentagon stops implementing vaccine mandate for defense contractors

Pentagon stops implementing vaccine mandate for defense contractors
Pentagon stops implementing vaccine mandate for defense contractors

A Pentagon spokeswoman says the department has stopped implementing the vaccine mandate for federal contractors.

DON’T SAY ‘DRONES,’ Beg Drone Makers

DON’T SAY ‘DRONES,’ Beg Drone Makers
DON’T SAY ‘DRONES,’ Beg Drone Makers

AUVSI: When you read or hear the word “drone,” is your first thought, “killer robot?” The leaders of the drone industry fear it is, which is why they’re hoping to persuade the news media to stop using a nice, clear, five-letter English word and instead clutter their reports with eye-glazing acronyms such as UAS, UAV,…

Military Airships: Hot Air or Soaring Promise?

The past decade has seen an unlikely revival of a long-grounded technology. Military airships, last operational with the U.S. Navy in the 1960s, took back to the skies, propelled by soaring demand for long-endurance, low-cost aerial surveillance in Iraq and Afghanistan. Per flight hour, an airship costs a fraction of what a helicopter or a…