The Launch Merger Inches Forward: Boeing and Lockheed Martin have a Federal Trade Commission-approved draft agreement that would permit the two companies to proceed with their plan to merge rocket launch services into a new venture, the United Launch Alliance. However, there are conditions. Both companies are reviewing the agreement provisions.
Air Force Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost—a trailblazer and one of the first 10 women to reach a four-star rank across the U.S. military—retired and passed control of U.S. Transportation Command to Air Force Gen. Randall Reed on Oct. 4, finishing an eventful tenure at TRANSCOM.