The Air Force’s Fiscal 2014 budget request contains $1.3 billion for military construction; $2.2 billion for facilities sustainment; $813 million for restoration and modernization; and $465 million for military family housing, said Kathleen Ferguson, acting assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations, environment, and logistics. While in Fiscal 2013, the Air Force took “a deliberate pause” in MILCON to accommodate force structure adjustments in line with the emerging defense strategy, the Fiscal 2014 proposal seeks a $900 million increase, she told the Senate Appropriations Committee’s military construction, veteran affairs, and related agencies panel on May 15. Such an increase “returns [the Air Force] to near-historic funding levels; supports the department’s strategic priorities; and supports our top weapons systems modernization programs,” she said. The MILCON funding request also covers new infrastructure for F-35 and KC-46 beddowns, US Strategic Command’s new headquarters, and construction of the new US Cyber Command joint operations center, she said. (Ferguson’s prepared testimony)
Boeing Claims Progress on T-7 and Other Challenged Programs
April 25, 2025
Boeing appears to have become to overcome the problems that led to billions in losses on fixed-price defense contracts in recent years, point the company back toward profitabily, says Boeing president and CEO Kelly Ortberg.