Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 5, 2009
The Flying Bug: Army Style -- Defense Tech
Here's another one for you, this time an exclusive video of the T-Hawk Class 1 UAV in flight and an interview with an Army UAV operator flying it.
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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
GE Pitches Fixed-Price Deal for Alternate JSF Engine -- Defense News
Gates Explains Opposition to Alternate F-35 Engine -- U.S. Department of Defense
Badly Installed Sensor Shut F136 -- DoD Buzz
Spooks Heart Software for Rooting out Terrorists -- The Danger Room
Japan: Missile defense system upgrade, new helicopter carrier part of defense budget -- Mainichi Daily News
Critical Mine Countermeasure Capabilities Delivered to US Navy -- Reuters
Saudis eyeing more than Russian choppers -- UPI
Helmet sensors providing data that may decrease brain injury -- Army.mil
Pakistan allows US to inspect Harpoons -- Dawn
Russia, India to sign new deal on Admiral Gorshkov overhaul -- RIA Novosti
Russia confirms talks on delivery of MiG-31 aircraft to Syria -- Jerusalem Post
A New Look at the Hydra of Organized Crime and Terror Organizations -- Counter Terrorism Blog
Officials: CIA chief Panetta staying put -- Yahoo News/AP
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 4, 2009
US Aircraft Carrier Fleet Evolution - The Greatest Navy "City of Steel" Fleet
MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
DDG 1000: On Target -- Defense Tech
China's Carrier Killer -- Information Dissemination
Monitoring the Test Ban -- Arms Control Wonk
'Russia confirms MiG jet sale to Syria' -- Jerusalem Post
Raytheon Delivers Critical Mine Countermeasure Capabilities to U.S. Navy Fleet -- Raytheon
U.S. weighing F-16 options for Iraq -- Reuters
Scare stops submarine maintenance -- Sydney morning Herald
Where Have All The Sailors Gone -- Strategy Page
Dark Trade: Aid-for-Bases, Failed Development Reveal the Dark Side of U.S. “Soft Power” -- War Is Boring
A Navy Ship On Time, Budget -- DoD Buzz
Gonzales backtracks on support of probe -- Washington Times
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 3, 2009
ELP Defens(c)e Blog talks about the slick marketing behind the F-35. The above video from Lockheed Martin certainly proves him right.
MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
Regaining Strategic Competence -- Armchair Generalist
Air Force Would Cancel Boeing C-130 Upgrade, 15 Other Programs -- Bloomberg
Army National Guard gets pickier -- Houston Chronicle
Iraq: Forget ‘Light’ Fighters, We Want F-16s! -- The Danger Room
A Legend Passes: RADM Wayne E. Meyer, father of the Navy’s AEGIS Weapons System -- Information Dissemination
General Dynamics NASSCO Delivers USNS Wally Schirra -- PR Newswire
Aircraft Carriers:The ‘Bigger is Better’ Myth Pt 1, Pt 2, Pt 3 -- New Wars
LCA Or Bust, Or Whatever -- Strategy Page
Saudis eyeing more than Russian choppers -- UPI
Maintaining & Running Diego Garcia -- Defense Industry Daily
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 2, 2009
U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Tony J. Desselle leads Marines to a collection area as a MV-22 Osprey takes flight after transporting Marines to a training facility during the Heliborne Company Raid Course on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 19, 2009. Marines assigned to Charlie Company trained with Special Operations Training Group to become the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s helo raid force for its upcoming deployment. Desselle is a irifleman assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alex C. GuerraMILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
Obama to Visit the Pentagon on September 11th Anniversary -- ABC News
Enduring through two wars while planning for future -- Defense Talk
E-3 damaged while landing at Nellis -- U.A. Air Force
Gates Hearts Strike Fighter, But Sorry, No Second Engine -- The Danger Room
Defense Secretary Gates signals strong support for F-35 joint strike fighter during visit to Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth -- Star Telegram
Aircraft Carriers:The ‘Bigger is Better’ Myth Pt 1 and Pt2 -- New Wars
Airborne Laser Zaps Ground Target -- Weekly Standard
Wired.co.uk: Inside the New Israeli Defense Forces -- War Is Boring
Iran prepares for launch of UAV -- UPI
Testing the latest armoured vehicles for Afghanistan -- Army Guide
Why AI is a dangerous dream -- New Scientist (opinion)
CIA Says It Will Not Reveal Any More Details on Interrogation Program -- FOX News
Foreign Policy for Cyber Space -- Defense Tech
See The Pretty Women Flying The Jet Fighters -- Strategy Page
New GI Bill to heighten professional work force -- U.S. Air Force
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 1, 2009
BLUE ANGELS
MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
US Army Defining Modernization Plan -- Defense Tech
Designing the Army’s Retro ‘Future’ -- The Danger Room
Gates Visits the F-35 Plant -- ELP Defens(c)e
Gates Presses Lockheed to Meet F-35 Cost, Schedule -- Bloomberg
India's first stealth fighter to fly in 4 months -- NDTV
Tanker fight could turn on WTO ruling -- The Hill
Women in the Infantry -- Captain's Quarters
Dropping the Carrier Requirement to 10, 9, and Potentially 8 -- Information Dissemination
Pakistan rejects reports about obtaining French submarines -- Thaindian news
Aircraft Carriers:The ‘Bigger is Better’ Myth Pt 1 -- New Wars
Must Have More Big Bombs, NOW! -- The Strategy Page
New Quantico Hall Honors Marine Raiders -- Human Events
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 31, 2009
Social Media as a Paradigm Shift (Hat Tip: Zen Pundit)
MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
Experts doubt Russian military has moved Bulava production -- RIA Novosti
Competition for the JSF Engine? - It Never Happened! -- Ares Blog/Aviation Week
Video: Belarussian Su-27 crashed at air show in Poland -- Alert 5
USA’s B-2 Bombers Leading the Way in Contracting for Availability -- Defense industry Daily
Temporary Rundown Of India's Submarine Numbers -- Australia In the Indian Ocean
Japan Launches A Second Aircraft Carrier -- The Strategy Page
Pakistan Denies Modifying Harpoon Missiles -- Defense News
New Chute Means ‘Softer’ Landing for Paratroopers -- Danger Room
Al Qaeda's Bio Threat - Not So Much -- Armchair Generalist
Counter IED Plus Up in The 'Stan -- Defense Tech
Soldiers ordered to fire blanks in training as Ministry of Defence tries to save £700m -- Daily Mail
Djibouti, Africa: Base Operations Contracting -- Defense Industry Daily
Holes in US Defense Umbrella: Wynne -- DoD Buzz
Israel's Enemies Are a Strong Match in Cyber Realm -- Newsweek
Mullen On "Strategic Communication" -- Information Dissemination
Female Pilots Honored for WWII Service -- Military.com