Sunday, September 6, 2009

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- Week In Review (August 31 - September 5, 2009)

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.

Read more ....

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. Guerra

MILITARY 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

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