Beating Out the French Is Always Fun: Boeing took the gold in the head-to-head competition with Dassault over which company would prevail in selling Singapore fighter aircraft. Singapore leaked word Tuesday that it had opted for Boeing’s F-15T over Dassault’s Rafale. The deal could be worth up to $1.7 billion, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It will no doubt make Boeing’s St. Louis workers ecstatic to know the F-15 production line will continue, at least for another four years or so.
Navy Adm. Samuel J. Paparo Jr. assumed leadership of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, succeeding Navy Adm. John Aquilino at a change of command ceremony, urging action amid China's “increasing intrusive and expansionist claims,” on May 3