The Senate confirmed William LaPlante to be the Pentagon's undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment on April 7. LaPlante is a seasoned acquisition and defense professional, having served in key technology jobs in the Pentagon--where he last was Air Force acquisition executive--to industry, where he was ...
Peter B. Teets, a former undersecretary and Acting Secretary of the Air Force, head of the National Reconnaissance Office, and one of the first presidents of Lockheed Martin, died Nov. 29 at the age of 78.