The decision marks the service’s most significant step yet as it aims to create a series of drones using autonomous software to fly alongside piloted jets.
Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, is in line for a nuclear-sized upgrade as the Department of Defense plans to update its nuclear deterrence capability.
The Army notified Earl Meyer, who still carries shrapnel in his leg from when he was wounded, that it has reversed itself and granted him a Purple Heart.