Some 103 senior leaders of Air Force Materiel Command gathered last week in Utah heard their chief lay down the law about the “one.” Gen. Bruce Carlson told them that AFMC does “a lot of great things, … but we’re not there yet as far as being a complete team across the enterprise.” He went on to say, “To get there, our work force needs to understand that we cannot keep operating as separate communities but must instead operate as ‘One Materiel Command.’” Carlson added, “We know it’s possible to be more effective and more efficient than we currently are.”
The Pentagon has concluded a new agreement to buy laser-guidance kits that turn rockets into drone-killing weapons. BAE Systems and the Defense Department announced a framework deal of up to seven years for 25,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System guidance kits annually for the U.S. military.