Air Mobility Command has reacted to the uproar created when the parents of a slain soldier said the airlines placed his casket on a cart with luggage by soliciting non-airline air transport services to transport “up to four caskets and four escorts per day from Dover AFB, Del., to various locations.” The Pentagon denied the mishandling claim, reportedly saying the Army had provided an escort for the casket and it was not moved with luggage. AMC expects to begin using a new carrier on Jan. 1.
The Space Development Agency says it’s on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite contracts this month after those awards were delayed by the Pentagon’s decision to divert funds from the agency to pay troops during this fall’s prolonged government shutdown.
