L-3 Investigated Over Air Force Big Safari Program

The Defense Department Inspector General’s criminal investigative division is “examining allegations” related to the Air Force’s Big Safari acquisition and sustainment program, Capitol Forum said, citing a letter dated Sept. 27 that the news organization obtained from a Freedom of Information Act request.

It remains unclear whether the Defense Criminal Investigative Service started a formal probe into allegations from Reps. Walter Jones and Ted Budd (both R-N.C.) in July about a potentially improper relationship between L-3 and Big Safari.

The Government Accountability Office found no wrongdoing in the sale of surveillance aircraft to Kenya, it said in a Sept. 5 ...