Druyun “Hurried” KC-135 Depot Maintenance Contract: The DOD Inspector General has released another of its reviews of Air Force contracts “handled” by Darleen Druyun, and this one also shows that she favored Boeing. (Read about three earlier reports here.) According to the IG audit, while Druyun was still a top Air Force acquisition official, her “influence hurried the outcome” of a KC-135 depot maintenance contract adjustment and restructuring, causing the service to “ignore information” from the Defense Contract Audit Agency that might have “reduced the program by $4.5 million.
The use of a military counter-drone laser on the southwest border this week—which prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to abruptly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas—will be a “case study” on the complex web of authorities needed to employ such weapons near civilian areas and the consequences of agencies…
