Massachusetts lawmakers are casting doubt on the Pentagon’s claimed savings from closing Otis Air National Guard Base. Their number comes up almost $500 million less positive. The new data provided to the BRAC commission by the Massachusetts ANG show that, over 20 years, the Otis closure would cost DOD some $160 million, rather than delivering a savings of $336 million.
Anduril and General Atomics will develop their Collaborative Combat Aircraft for the Air Force, beating out Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman, the service announced on April 24. But any of the non-selected companies can compete to actually manufacture the eventual design the Air Force said.