* US costs of Libyan operation total $550 million so far, according to DoD official.
* Flight International provides an overview of allied air operations and assets against Libyan air defenses, and adds the destruction of a Libyan plane by a French Rafale fighter – after the Libyan aircraft landed. The evolving Wikipedia entry remains an excellent overview of the forces at work so far, and includes a timeline. See also Canada’s National Post, who shows recent events using changing maps.
* While initial goals have been reached, NATO remains divided on what’s next, as are key US figures. Meanwhile, as WIRED puts it: “While Libya War Grows, Obama Team Denies It’s a War.” That’s dangerous territory for an administration with no Congressional approval for its actions, hence a 60-day time limit, and no endgame in sight.
* Fox News and the New Yorker offer different perspectives re: the Libyan rebels, in the wake of allegations that al-Qaeda may in fact be involved. Or, you could ask Canada’s CSIS intelligence analysis agency, which looked at eastern Libya in 2009.
* Russian Army is replacing its Grad MRLS systems with new Tornado-G systems, which have ranges up to 90 kilometers.
* Up to $100 million to Qwest Communications to provide IP services to DoD under the GSA’s Networx program.
* State-sponsored cyber threats to US infrastructure are growing, head of STRATCOM warns Congress [PDF].
* US Army Chemical Materials Agency has destroyed 85% of the US chemical agent stockpile, or a total of 26,019 tons of agent and more than 2.3 million munitions.
* Northrop Grumman’s AMSEC snags US Navy contract worth up to $40.2 million to provide marine design and engineering services to Puget Sound and Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyards and intermediate maintenance facilities.
* Lance Cpl Liam Tasker took a bullet to save his Arms and Explosives Search dog, Theo. But working dogs are more than simple procurement items, and Cpl Tasker’s death ultimately killed them both.