London Calling

Ashton Carter, the Pentagon's acquisition executive, will lead a Defense Department delegation to the Farborough Air Show just outside London next week.

Traveling with him, according to a DOD spokeswoman, will be Brett Lambert, the Pentagon's industrial policy chief; David Ahern, who oversees acquisition efforts for the U.S. military's entire weapons system portfolio; and Alfred Volkman, head of international cooperation in AT&L.