The Boeing and Lockheed Martin submission of a revised proposal on merging launch services still has not satisfied the Federal Trade Commission. (DR, 09/23/05) According to the Washington Post, FTC officials still want more information on the United Launch Alliance deal.
The Pentagon’s new counter-drone task force will play a direct role in arming Airmen with new weapons to defend Air Force agile combat employment, or ACE, air bases in austere locations against enemy drone attacks, the director of Joint Interagency Task Force 401 said Oct. 14.