An influential advisory panel to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is recommending the Pentagon "keep open the option to acquire additional C-17" cargo aircraft beyond the 180 planes the Air Force plans to buy, a move that could require the Defense Department in coming weeks to commit more money to the cargo plane program in order keep the production line open. The Defense Science Board in a new report, dated September 2005 and released today by the Pentagon, raises concerns about...
