Coalition airstrikes on the city of Fallujah have increased as Iraqi forces prepare to retake the city held by ISIS extremists since 2014. In the past year or so, coalition aircraft have conducted 38 deliberate strikes on targets in the city, but now are increasing the pace of operations on dynamic targets that are developing in advance of the fight, said Lt. Gen. Charles Brown, commander of Air Forces Central Command, during a Thursday briefing. Coalition aircraft also are regularly flying reconnaissance support for the advance. Every time there is a ground force on the move, an airplane is above them, Brown said.
GAO Turns Down Anduril’s ABMS Protest
March 3, 2021
The Government Accountability Office recently turned down a protest by California-based Anduril Industries, which challenged how the Air Force is running aspects of its Advanced Battle Management System acquisition. Anduril filed the protest in November to push back on a solicitation for contractors to participate in ABMS that it felt…