The Tampa Tribune reports that the Pentagon fears US Central Command operations could break down because of “overburdened and unreliable” infrastructure at CENTCOM’s headquarters at MacDill AFB, Fla. However, the Tribune notes CENTCOM officials are less sanguine about the dire prediction, which the newspaper found in DOD’s 2007 military construction budget documentation. Renovations and expansion for CENTCOM (covered earlier this year) are in the works, but, like most major construction, will take a few years.
BAE Systems has received a contract from Lockheed Martin to install an upgraded Block 4 electronic warfare system into new F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, as well as to retrofit some older jets.
