Druyun “Hurried” KC-135 Depot Maintenance Contract: The DOD Inspector General has released another of its reviews of Air Force contracts “handled” by Darleen Druyun, and this one also shows that she favored Boeing. (Read about three earlier reports here.) According to the IG audit, while Druyun was still a top Air Force acquisition official, her “influence hurried the outcome” of a KC-135 depot maintenance contract adjustment and restructuring, causing the service to “ignore information” from the Defense Contract Audit Agency that might have “reduced the program by $4.5 million.
The first flight of the secretive B-21 bomber has slipped to mid-2022, but the program is moving along well, Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office director Randall Walden said in an exclusive interview. The second copy of the B-21, which will be used for structural testing, is now on the production…