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 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.
