Former Air Force Secretary Michael Donley is leading the Defense Department’s organizational review that will make recommendations on how to implement staff reductions in the Office of the Secretary of Defense to achieve efficiencies. Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter has asked Donley to submit his findings and recommendations by the end of September, according to an Aug. 26 memorandum from Carter to Pentagon leadership. The review will help OSD achieve a 20-percent reduction in its headquarters budget between Fiscal 2015 and Fiscal 2019 and further consolidate functions within OSD, including eliminating positions, states the memo. Donley, the longest serving Air Force Secretary, stepped down from the position in June.
Northrop Grumman has broken ground on a major new production facility for the B-21 Raider, the company and the Air Force announced Oct. 6. The construction comes as a top service official said testing on the bomber is going well in the lead up to its planned introduction into the…
