RAND’s long-awaited “analysis of alternatives” for tanker replacement hit the Pentagon on Monday, but don’t expect an official response anytime soon. DOD officials said today that it would take at least two more months for the Pentagon’s office of program analysis and evaluation to review it. After that, who knows
B-21 Raider First Flight Now Postponed to 2023
May 20, 2022
The Air Force says the B-21 Raider won't make its first flight until 2023; about a six-month delay from the last official estimates. No reason was given for the delay. While other programs have recently chalked up schedule slips to supply chain and labor shortages, the Air Force has said…