MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
Will The Next SecDef Keep Gates’ Promises? -- Defpro
Israel set to build wings for some 800 F-35s -- Reuters
Battle of Britain veterans take to the skies again -- BBC
Brothers in arms: Mother sees all four sons join the army -- The Daily Mail
Nimrods, Boomers, Gurkhas and PR (Leaks from the MoD) -- Ares/Aviation Week
UK May Borrow F-18s For Carriers; F-35Bs May Be Scrapped -- DoD Buzz
Taiwan’s (Un?)Stalled Force Modernization -- Defense Industry Daily
China military budget rises sharply: defense ministry -- Focus Taiwan
China’s Secret Satellite Rendezvous ‘Suggestive of a Military Program’ -- The Danger Room
U.S. Military satellite relying on backup plan to save itself -- Spaceflight Now
Donley announces overhaul of space program -- Air Force Times
GAO: Early LCS Deployment Hurt The Program -- Defense News
Thank goodness we killed of all of those evil F-22 jobs -- ELP Defens(c)e Blog
Army Engineers Develop Handheld IT for Battlefield -- Defence Talk
Putting The CIA Back To Sleep -- Strategy Page