Veterans Affairs has awarded the state of California about $65 million to continue construction of three veterans’ facilities and renovation on a fourth, according to a May 23 VA release. Some $55 million in grants will go toward construction in West Los Angeles for a 396-bed state veteran nursing home and two 60-bed veteran domiciles and adult health care facilities, one in Ventura and one in Lancaster.
The Air Force on March 12 awarded contract modifications worth a combined $2.4 billion to Boeing to procure an undisclosed number of E-7 Wedgetail as part of the program's engineering and manufacturing development phase and continue work on the airborne battle management aircraft’s radar.