CSAR-X Sites to Undergo Environmental Review: The Air Force plans to start the environmental impact analysis process for 10 prospective locations to beddown Air Force Special Operations Command’s replacement for the HH-60 combat search and rescue helicopter. On Thursday, the Air Force announced that it was considering locating the CSAR-X aircraft at facilities in Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, and at one overseas facility. (Read our item from Thursday for the specific bases under consideration.)
The Pentagon is readying a slew of reforms to its acquisition practices designed to speed up the military’s process for buying weapons and systems and structure its program offices to prioritize competition and commercial capabilities, according to a draft memo.
