Kenneth Miller resigned from his post as a top Air Force acquisition official Monday, according to various news reports. Miller, who was one of the service’s key individuals in the KC-X tanker program, had earlier said he would leave following the resignation of Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Wynne persuaded Miller to stay on after he asked to retire in February. According to Associated Press (via Forbes), the Air Force now is reviewing Miller’s actions because he may have released information (about the tanker program?) to the public before the government was ready. Miller certainly briefed lawmakers on the program’s status.
A new Navy missile could fill a long-range air-to-air need for the U.S. Air Force’s fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-generation fighters. The Navy’s portfolio acquisition executive for munitions posted information on the AIM-424 Long Range Air-to-Air Missile online on Aug. 22, the same day it unveiled the project at the service’s…