The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center in Georgia is hiring, in fact, according to a report by The Sun News, center commander Maj. Gen. Polly Peyer, told industry representatives at the seventh annual Requirements Symposium in Perry, Ga., “We are on the uptick of hiring.” Peyer added, “There’s a lot of opportunity here, regardless of what you hear about downsizing.” She expects to hire more than 770 personnel, primarily in electronics and engineering, in Fiscal 2010.
House Armed Services Committee members are launching a task force to dig into defense supply chain issues, the panel said March 4. Reps. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) will co-chair the group as it looks at threats to and vulnerabilities in the defense industrial base. Pentagon officials, lawmakers,…