Saturday - April 27, 2024
Tipoffs for Albuquerque, New Mexico (Federal Agencies) Newsletter for Tuesday February 27, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Engineer Taps Into Sandia's Deep Knowledge Base to Design High-Reliability Component
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Robert Petterborg saw an opportunity to improve a critical part used to test a weapons system. Using his spare time at work and with the help of his Sandia National Laboratories colleagues, he designed a new cable connector that eliminates misalignments that could interfere with testing and potentially damage hardware. "I wasn't assigned   more

MQ-9 Reaper Lands at Shaw AFB in Historic First
SHAW AFB, South Carolina, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Master Sgt. Dillon White, 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs Airmen from the 50th Attack Squadron and Air National Guardsmen from the 163rd Attack Wing conducted a historic first, Feb. 14, by successfully landing an MQ-9 Reaper at Shaw Air Force Base under satellite control. Satellite-controlled landings are becoming standard practice for the MQ-9 community and replace legacy processes r  more