Daily Report

March 2, 2017

US Confirms Death of Taliban Commander

The Department of Defense confirmed Tuesday that Mullah Abdul Salam, the Taliban’s commander for the province of Kunduz, was killed in an airstrike on Sunday, according to a Voice of America repor?t. The Taliban also confirmed that a remotely piloted...

Hyten: Modernize, Don’t Increase Number of Nukes

The biggest problem with the US nuclear arsenal is that it needs modernization, US Strategic Command boss Gen. John Hyten said in an interview with the Omaha World-Herald. Hyten’s comments strike a contrast with those of President Donald Trump, who...

US, South Korea Kick Off Foal Eagle

The US and South Korea on Wednesday kicked off their largest joint exercise, Foal Eagle, as tensions flared on the Korean Peninsula. Last year’s version of the exercise included about 17,000 US troops and more than 300,000 South Koreans and...

First C-130J Heads to Yokota

The first C-130J-30 to be permanently assigned to the Pacific region left the Lockheed Martin facility in Greenville, S.C., on Feb. 24, according to a company release. The Super Hercules will be one of 14 assigned to Yokota AB, Japan,...

Northrop Demonstrates New Global Hawk Sensor

Northrop Grumman has begun flight testing its new MS-177 multi-spectral sensor for the RQ-4 Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft, the company announced Wednesday. The sensor will improve RQ-4 targeting capabilities, and Northrop said it has completed a “successful inaugural flight”...

Raytheon Validates Upgraded MALD-J

Raytheon announced Tuesday that it has tested and validated an upgraded navigation system for its Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Jammer. The system performed as expected in six test flights on B-52 and F-16 aircraft at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., according...

Lockheed Gets $1 Billion For F-35 Maintenance

The Defense Department on Tuesday awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth more than $1 billion for maintenance for the F-35 program. The cost-plus-incentive-fee contract includes logistics support and sustainment for Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, and foreign military sales customers....