silicon valley company palen tere is taking to the courts. the company is filing a protest in the u.s. court of federal claims after losing a case last month with the government accountability office. they hope to be grant add preliminary injunction that would prevent the army from awarding a contract for the project that so far has taken more than a decade and cost $3 billion to develop. soldiers have repeatedly requested permission to use palen tear software instead of the army system that continues to experience problems. lockheed martin went on a public relations push recently. decision not to buy the f-35 would jeopardize hundreds of millions of dollars of contracts to that filter to canadian firms. the ruling liberal party government is look at the acquisition of 20 to 30 super hornets from boeing as an interim measure to deal with what it says is a gap in canada's fighter aircraft capability. now an interview with general mark welsh, outgoing airforce chief of staff who set down with defense news associated ed for. first question. how