Boeing on Thursday announced it is challenging Denmark’s decision to buy the F-35 as its next fighter over the F/A-18 Super Hornet. Denmark in June said it will buy 27 F-35As after a 30 day review following the country’s Ministry of Defense’s initial recommendation, according to a Lockheed Martin news release. Boeing this week filed a formal Request for Insight with the Ministry of Defense, claiming a “flawed evaluation process, according to a Boeing news release. Debbie Rub, vice president and general manager of Boeing Global Strike, said in the release that Denmark inaccurately assessed the cost and capability of the Super Hornet.
The Air Force will look to the nation’s historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in a closed solicitation that will create the Air Force's first university-affiliated research center (UARC), Air Force leaders said. The center will study tactical autonomy. The DAF will select the center's location from one of 11…