Chilton to Take AFSPC Reins June 26: Gen. Kevin Chilton will take command of Air Force Space Command, headquartered at Peterson AFB, Colo., on June 26, 2006. Chilton was confirmed by the Senate for the assignment on May 19.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office calls for the Pentagon’s Chief Technology Officer to have budget certification authority over the military services’ research and development accounts—a move the services say would add a burdensome and unnecessary layer of bureaucracy.

