The Defense Department has named retired Air Force Gen. Lester Lyles as the vice chairman of the Defense Science Board. The former commander of the Air Force Materiel Command will serve with former DOD acquisition and technology czar Paul Kaminski, who was just named DSB chairman. Lyles will serve through December 2010.
The Air Force and Boeing agreed to a nearly $2.4 billion contract for a new lot of KC-46 aerial tankers on Nov. 21. The deal, announced by the Pentagon, is for 15 new aircraft in Lot 11 at a cost of $2.389 billion—some $159 million per tail.