Lockheed Martin has delivered the full-function Situational Awareness Data Link for the A-10C precision engagement upgrade program. A company release notes that USAF plans to conduct developmental flight-testing through May at Eglin AFB, Fla. The goal is to have the SADL capability ready to field by September.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office calls for the Pentagon’s Chief Technology Officer to have budget certification authority over the military services’ research and development accounts—a move the services say would add a burdensome and unnecessary layer of bureaucracy.
