A force-protection battle laboratory has been created at Lackland AFB, Texas, to come up with innovative concepts to protect US Air Force personnel and sites against terrorist attack. The impetus was the terrorist truck-bombing at Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia, a year ago, in which 19 US airmen were killed. The unit will examine a host of technologies and innovations to bring about systemic changes in the force-protection business. For example, it will look at employing unmanned air vehicles to detect and defeat threats such as explosive-laden vehicles.
Source: Flight International