Maj. Gen. (confirmed for a third star) Michael Peterson, USAF’s new Chief Information Officer, tells Government Computer News that the reorganization of the Air Staff functions that deal with information operations—CIO, warfighting integration, and communications operations offices—into a single entity—the Networks and Warfighting Integration-CIO Directorate—was a natural. (Read our item on the merger here.) He says the functions had worked closely together previously, so they “didn’t lose the momentum on [any] initiatives. In fact, he says, “things have speeded up.” So far so good.
The rate of building B-21 bombers would speed up if the fiscal 2026 defense budget passes. But it remains unclear how much capacity would be added, and whether the Air Force would simply build the bombers faster, or buy more.
