From today's news . . .
On Monday [Defense Secretary Robert] Gates singled out the military's largest-ever aircraft development program -- the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter -- for stinging criticism. In an unusual move, Gates said he was removing the current program manager and replacing him with an as yet unnamed three-star general and withholding more than half a billion dollars in award fees from Lockheed Martin, which builds the aircraft....
Gates said a review of the fighter over the past several months made it "clear there were more problems than we were aware of."
Hopefully, that gets someone's attention. One thing you have to say for Gates - he is not afraid to knock heads together.
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