Georgia lawmakers Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R) and Rep. Jim Marshall (D) came together to ensure the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center in Georgia got the funding it needs to begin building a new software support facility. Chambliss noted in a joint statement that work on the $21 million project should begin “as soon as possible.” Marshall said he and Chambliss had “fought long and hard” to secure the construction money. The new facility will enable the center to expand its software support workload, which currently supports special operations, E-8, and F-15 aircraft. Amanda Creel reports that the center expects to add work for C-17 and F-22A aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles. Center officials expect to start the contract bid process this fall.
A three-month continuing resolution that ended in December inflicted less pain on the Department of the Air Force than it had expected, as procurement and construction continue in the new year. The federal government operated under a stopgap spending measure that stretched from the beginning of the fiscal year on…