Whence the JSF Timetable: Reuters news service reports that Pentagon acquisition guru Kenneth Krieg held a set-to last week with DOD and service officials to lay out a timetable for acquisition of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. They met but produced no schedule, at least for public consumption. (Congressional Research Service defense analysts claim the program is being developed too fast.)
Air Force Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich assumed command of U.S. European Command on July 1, taking over the key assignment as the U.S. and its allies contend with a resurgent Russia and a grinding war in Ukraine.