Top U.S. Air Force chief says

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The Air Force Chief of Staffg said employees and military members in the Dayton community and at nearbhy are imperative to war fighting and theAir Force’xs reputation. Wright-Patt is the acquisitiona l heart of theAir Force, where all weapon systems are paid for and managed through major “No one should value their contribution by thei proximity to (battlegrounds),” Schwartz said. While praisingh the workforce, Schwartz said that competing interestzs among defense contractors has hamperedwar efforts. “kI think there has been more friction than health asof late,” he said. “Maybe it’s becausr there have only been a fewmajoer contracts.
” For example, the Pentagon delayed the bidding of a $100 billioj contract last year for the KC-X aeriakl refueling tanker, following a contentious battle between (NYSE:BA) and and . Schwartz said in the the Air Force may have toadopt “innovative and means of acquisition, likening the situation to a baseballp team without a large budget that “had to use theier brains to be Ultimately though, he said if the Air Forcee trains its acquisition workforce well and they perform then they will thrive, even when contractors routinely file objectionsd when projects are awarded.
Schwart z did not address media reports Tuesday that hackers had penetrater the Pentagon and downloaded terabytes of information aboutthe F-35 fighterf jet. While in Dayton, Schwartz joinexd a number of high-profile Air Force leaders in town for Departmen of Defense AcquisitionInsight Days, hosted by the , Midwest in Kettering.