The Pentagon’s top acquisition official, Ken Krieg, on Wednesday announced his intention to leave his post, effective July 20 or upon confirmation of his successor, whichever should come first. Krieg, who has been the acquisition czar since June 2005, plans to “concentrate on his family,” per the brief Pentagon release.
The Air Force on March 12 awarded contract modifications worth a combined $2.4 billion to Boeing to procure an undisclosed number of E-7 Wedgetail as part of the program's engineering and manufacturing development phase and continue work on the airborne battle management aircraft’s radar.