All That’s Left is a “One Percent” Problem: Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England told reporters after a Washington conference Monday that he believes the US and Great Britain are “within one percent” of reaching agreement over prickly technology transfer issues with the Joint Strike Fighter. According to Reuters news service, England thinks the two countries can resolve any lingering differences by the middle of June. That is at odds—slightly—with the latest British version, in which talk of back-up plans has emerged should JSF negotiations fail to meet UK expectations.
After years of describing to lawmakers and Pentagon leaders the nature of that threat and the key role spacepower plays in deterring conflict in the domain and enabling the rest of the joint force, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman told reporters during AFA’s Warfare Symposium here that the message appears to…