Orlando, February 18, 2010—Air
Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz suggested that there are going to be more firings ahead on non-performing programs. In Q&A after a speech to AFA’s Air Warfare Symposium, Schwartz was asked if he had a message for industry. His stern and terse reply: “Deliver what you promise.” Pressed to go further in a subsequent press conference, Schwartz said that in discussions with CEOs of all major defense companies, he has made it clear: “This is no longer a time for wishful thinking.” Continue
United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket is slated to fly its second national security mission in February—nearly six months after its first operational launch and almost a year after it was certified to fly military payloads for the Space Force.

