In The News
Air Force’s Aging E-3 Sentry Stirs Questions Of Airborne-Battle Readiness (From CNBC)
Lexington Senior Vice President Daniel Goure was quoted by CNBC on whether the age of the Air Force’s E-3 Sentry might affect its readiness for airborne conflict. The first updated prototypes are still several years away, at a minimum, but the recent C ...
A Problem Of Logistics: Is The US Sending Ukraine The Wrong Tank? (From The Financial Times)
Lexington COO Loren Thompson was quoted by the Financial Times in an article about concerns over sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. Some believe that procurement issues that could impact the Abrams’ maintenance requirements, including the frequent dem ...
Holiday Postal Deliveries On Track For Christmas Despite Delays (From NBC News)
Lexington’s Paul Steidler was quoted in an NBC News story about the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS’s) holiday delivery readiness and related issues. The story noted he has spoken to customers in Kansas, Washington, Montana, Maryland, and Vermont who have ...
For Some In North Dakota, The Mail Does Not Come Through (From The Dickinson Press)
Lexington’s Paul Steidler was quoted in a North Dakota News Cooperative story published by the Dickinson Press and other in-state publications regarding mail delays. These are primarily due to labor shortages and increased package delivery among North ...
USPS Proposes Hiking Stamp Prices Early Next Year (From KARE-TV, NBC Affiliate, Minneapolis, MN)
Lexington’s Paul Steidler was quoted in a story by KARE-TV, the NBC television affiliate in Minneapolis, Minnesota, about the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS’s) plan to raise first-class mail prices by an average of 4.2 percent in January 2023. The price o ...
Sen. Hawley Calls For USPS Audit After Growing Northland Mail Issues (From FOX4KC/WDAF-TV Kansas City, MO)
Lexington’s Paul Steidler was quoted in print and broadcast stories from the FOX television affiliate in Kansas City, Missouri about protracted slow mail delivery in the Northland region. Senator Josh Hawley requested an audit by the U.S. Postal Servic ...
Oshkosh Defense Sent A Big Contract To The Non-Union South — Will It Keep Future Jobs In Wisconsin? (From PBS Wisconsin)
Lexington COO Loren Thompson was quoted in PBS Wisconsin’s segment on Oshkosh’s new contract outside of Wisconsin, which could potentially drive a large number of jobs and billions of dollars away form the state. Early last year, Oshkosh secured a mult ...
Delays With USPS Delivery In Multiple States (From Newsy)
Lexington’s Paul Steidler was quoted in Newsy’s article about major USPS staffing shortages affecting delivery rates in several states. "When the Postal Service told us repeatedly, loudly and very clearly in return for the lower the longer delivery tim ...
Congress Mandates More Federal Info Sharing About UFOs (From Government Technology)
Lexington COO Loren Thompson was quoted in a recent piece by Government Technology discussing recent Congressional action permitting the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Ohio’s Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to investigate reports ...
Ukraine War Is Backdrop In US Push For Hypersonic Weapons (From ABC News)
Lexington COO Loren Thompson was quoted in a piece by ABC News and the Associated Press on the U.S. Navy’s push for combat-ready hypersonic weapons. The U.S. is currently behind Russia on hypersonics. Russia claims to have deployed hypersonic missiles, ...