Daily Report

May 15, 2017

Raytheon Wins 3DELRR Contract, Again

The Air Force on May 11 awarded a $52.7 million engineering and manufacturing development contract to Raytheon for the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) system. The radar is a C-band follow-on system for the AN/TPS-75, and it can track aircraft,...

Senators Ask Trump to Resume Freedom of Navigation

A bipartisan group of seven US Senators sent a letter to President Donald Trump Wednesday expressing concern that “the United States has not conducted regular and routine Freedom of Navigation Operations in the South China Sea since October 2016.” The...

Big Changes Needed in Afghanistan, Intel Heads Say

The US risks losing ground it has carefully gained in Afghanistan if significant changes are not made in the strategy there, top intelligence leaders told Congress Thursday. “The political and security situation in Afghanistan will almost certainly deteriorate through 2018,...

Alaska’s Northern Edge is a Wrap

The US military completed Northern Edge 17, its premier annual joint exercise in Alaska, on Friday. The exercise began May 1 and brought 6,000 personnel and more than 200 aircraft to locations around the state to practice interoperability. A rich...

Kwast Cancels Squadron Officers School Class

Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast, commander and president of Air University, Ala., has cancelled an entire class (17G) at Squadron Officers School, Air Force Personnel Command announced May 11. The decision was made due to “a course re-write and imminent decision...