Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 6, 2009


More Demos Set For Fire Scout -- Ares/Aviation Week

Northrop Grumman's nine-lived UAV, the MQ-8B Fire Scout, is still moving towards an operational US Army career despite the demise of the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, where it was to serve as the brigade-level Class IV UAV.

Northrop Grumman is currently operating two Fire Scouts - P-6 and P-7 - which were part of the US Army's initial batch of aircraft, which have been stored at the company's Moss Point, Mississippi, facility while the Army has tried to define their role within FCS.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Navy Establishes Carrier Strike Group 1 -- Navy.mil

AEGIS BMD in the Baltic? -- Information Dissemination

US Navy creates command to maintain cyber supremacy -- AFP

Cyber Defense - Lots Going On
-- Defense Tech

Navy chief sets intelligence reorganization -- Government Executive

Air Force Demilitarizes Backlog of Nuclear Weapons Components -- U.S. Air Force

GE Engine Benefits ‘Hard to Estimate,’ Carter Says -- Bloomberg

Russia deploys second-generation tactical PGMs -- Janes

U.S. asks Tokyo to pay ¥1 billion for F-35 details -- Japan Times

China Will Not Join Global Nuclear Disarmament" -- Turkish weekly

U.S. Task force takes up effort to prevent suicides -- Isria

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