The Administration has nominated John J. Young Jr. to replace Ken Krieg as the Pentagon’s top acquisition official. Young has been the director of Defense Research and Engineering since November 2005. Krieg announced earlier this month that he planned to leave his post at the Pentagon on July 20 or earlier if the Senate confirmed his replacement.
As L3Harris proves its OA-1K Skyraider II special operations aircraft can carry a signals intelligence sensor and electronic attack weapon, a key congressional committee is poised to boost production of the converted Air Tractor prop plane.