Russia’s top defense official—Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov—plans to observe the Russia-China military maneuvers up close and personal beginning Wednesday, according to the Russian News & Information Agency. Ivanov is scheduled to meet up with his Chinese counterpart, Col. Gen. Cao Gangchuan, as well as ministers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
The Department of the Air Force is consolidating more than 50 programs supporting its efforts to create a vast battle network into a single $4.5 billion contract vehicle to streamline software and technology integration.
