M
ore than 1,000 contractors who would like to see a share in the US military’s planned $10 billion construction boom on Guam gathered on the island last week to hear the latest plans, reports Stars and Stripes. Most of the attendees came from outside Guam. Most of the work centers on the shift of some 8,000 marines from Okinawa to Guam, but there’s also considerable growth at Andersen Air Force Base.
A combined Navy and Air Force program is seeking to build a smaller version of a ubiquitous air-to-air missile that could give advanced aircraft, such as the Collaborative Combat Aircraft, greater magazine depth in a high-end fight.