Air Mobility Command has developed a transportation specific “lean concepts” initiative called Terminal 2010. Officials expect the new initiative to “institutionalize continuous process improvement in the areas of reliability, velocity, and decreased costs.”
The Pentagon announced new long-term agreements with four defense companies May 13 to develop and produce large numbers of low-cost cruise missiles. And while the effort will focus mostly on the Army to start, it pairs with Air Force efforts to find more affordable munitions.