Ogden Partners With BAE Systems: The Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill AFB, Utah, has signed a partnering agreement with BAE Systems. The venture will enable BAE to make use of the center’s industrial and technical foundation and Ogden to incorporate the company’s commercial expertise. Currently the agreement centers on work on the C-17 airlifter, but officials say it is flexible to accommodate future workloads.
U.S. Southern Command recently announced its first lethal strike on a suspected narco-trafficking vessel in two months, and the first under a newly formed permanent counter-cartel task force. The U.S. is also reportedly planning to transfer MQ-9 drones to Colombia to bolster its counter-cartel efforts.