According to Air Force Materiel Command, the Air Force Information Technology Commodity Council saved the Air Force approximately $5.8 million in its latest quarterly purchase of desktop and laptop computer and monitor configurations. The process, which enables a consolidated buy Air Force-wide, has been in place since August 2003, saving a total of $34 million in the purchase of 140,000 computers.
With key members of Congress wavering on the possibility of a $350 billion defense reconciliation bill, defense experts told Air & Space Forces Magazine that the Pentagon is likely drawing up budget backup plans—but such plans would face hard choices between high-end weapons and low-cost drones and other programs in…