Jitters over technical problems and huge cost overruns led National Intelligence Director John Negroponte to change horses on the classified Future Imagery Architecture satellite system, moving the National Reconnaissance Office program from Boeing to Lockheed Martin. According to Reuters news service, Negroponte’s staff informed lawmakers of the new arrangement.
China’s premier air exercise, analogous to the U.S. Air Force’s Red Flag, encompassed around 200 aircraft, spanned 1,200 nautical miles, and lasted five weeks to close 2025, according to an intelligence analysis revealed at AFA’s Warfare Symposium.
