Air Force Hoping To Preserve New Investments Pending Aircraft Divestment, Sequestration Future

By Gabe Starosta / March 11, 2014 at 3:14 PM
The Air Force's fiscal year 2015 budget has been designed so that new investments do not all reach their peak costs at once, helping the service stagger its procurement time lines, but the budget could still be altered significantly depending on congressional review and the future effects of sequestration, according to the service's under secretary. And the Air Force has yet to settle on a formal acquisition strategy for its new bomber aircraft, which will receive more than $900 million...

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