- Short-timer and chief Pentagon weapons buyer John Young vents to reporters about the US Air Force's UAV spending, DOD's ethics regulations, the US Army's fee structure on Future Combat Systems, and the overall inefficiency of the weapon's buying process
- Meanwhile, William Matthews of Defense News writes that Young's successor, Harvard professor Ashton Carter, has been confirmed by the Senate
- And Eric Palmer of Worldwide War Pigs says good riddance
- Separately, David Pugliese of the Ottawa Citizen's Defense Watch blog writes that Canada's deal for CH-47 Chinooks could be in financial trouble
- Galrahn at Information Dissemination blog speculates that China may soon start major work on the ex-Varyag aircraft carrier
- Bradley Perrett of Aviation Week & Space Technology writes about the Chinese Navy's requirement for a super-cruising new fighter
- Wendy Post of the Owego (NY) Times Shamrock writes that the proposed VH-71 and CSAR-X program cancellations have already hit home for Lockheed's Owego-based workforce
- Jonathan Martin of Politico writes that the White House is sorry to New York City for buzzing the Statue of Liberty with a 747 chased by two F-16s
on April 28, 2009 6:21 PM | Reply
The DOD Ethics link is currently the same as the UAV story.