DOD issues a 90-day stop work order against the General Electric-Rolls Royce F136 engine, effective March 31 when its government funding runs out. The Pentagon has repeatedly tried to kill the alternate F-35 engine program, but Congress in the past continued funding it.
The U.S. began extensive air and artillery strikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria on Dec. 19 in retaliation for the killing of three Americans on Dec. 13 by a gunman affiliated with ISIS, U.S. officials said.
