With Iraqis reeling-casualties, desertions, and other effects of the air campaign-the coalition launches its ground campaign, which (supported heavily by airpower) is concluded in just 100 hours.
Lockheed Martin projects more than a billion dollars of losses on a classified program, but company officials said April 23 they are confident it will turn profitable by 2028 and become a "franchise" system in the U.S. military.