Lockheed Martin has teamed with Michelin Aircraft Tire Company to manage logistics and warehousing for all Air Force and Army aircraft tires, per a company release. Michelin picked up a Defense Logistics Agency contract valued at $368 million (or $700 million over 10 years) to privatize tire production and logistics. Lockheed’s share is 15 percent.
A top Pentagon tech official called on industry this week to help the military develop “lighter, more efficient” directed energy weapons designed to go on aircraft and conduct special operations missions or down drones—areas where the Air Force’s directed energy efforts have been quiet as of late.