New housing is in the works at several Air Force bases: Barksdale AFB, La., Bolling AFB, D.C., Eielson AFB, Alaska, and Langley AFB, Va. The Shreveport Times reports that Barksdale, Bolling, Langley are covered under a single privatized development plan called BLB Housing that will cover construction or renovation of 3,146 housing units, beginning within a year. According to an Eielson release, the Eielson project, which includes 16 four-plexes and three duplexes—70 new homes—will begin this summer.
The Defense Innovation Board adopted a series of new recommendations and praised the Air Force for its big bets on emerging technology in recent years that seem primed to help new entrants to the defense market bridge the so-called valley of death between initial investment and actual production contracts.