The Air Force has passed the 75 percent mark in its work to assess the potential of Cannon AFB, N.M., for a new mission. The service’s top civilian for installations, William Anderson, told House appropriators last week that he expects to have “a good analysis” of the base’s infrastructure, air space, and any environmental issues completed soon and a recommendation ready for the Air Force Secretary by this summer. Anderson noted, too, that a prospectus sent out to federal agencies already has sparked “indications of interest.”
A new report from the Government Accountability Office calls for the Pentagon’s Chief Technology Officer to have budget certification authority over the military services’ research and development accounts—a move the services say would add a burdensome and unnecessary layer of bureaucracy.
