Drone-hunting on the border, plus turmoil at an Air Force think tank
In this week’s episode of The Break Out, Army reporter Carley Welch discusses what she saw at Falcon Peak in Yuma, Ariz., where the US military and industry partners spent weeks testing equipment designed to spot and counter drone incursions along the southern border.
Then Air Warfare Reporter Michael Marrow explains what’s happening at the China Aerospace Studies Institute, where civilian positions are being eliminated even as the Air Force says the organization itself will continue operating with military personnel.
The US military and industry partners tested equipment designed to detect and counter drone incursions at Falcon Peak in Yuma, Arizona. Concurrently, the China Aerospace Studies Institute is undergoing personnel reductions, with the Air Force indicating that military personnel will continue operations within the organization.
- US military and industry partners tested equipment for drone incursions at Falcon Peak in Yuma, Arizona.
- Civilian positions are being eliminated at the China Aerospace Studies Institute.
- The Air Force states that the organization will continue operating with military personnel.