Saturday, December 5, 2009

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 5, 2009

F-35 JSF

Lockheed Willing To Build An Additional F-35 Test Plane -- Star-Telegram

Lockheed Martin said it would be willing to spend some of its remaining fees for the F-35 development program on building an additional test plane to prevent delays in flight testing.

The company has several hundred million dollars in unearned fees it could receive before the development phase is scheduled to end in October 2014 and is willing to use some on another plane, Chief Financial Officer Bruce Tanner said Thursday in an interview.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Lockheed says F-35 fighter excels in test flights -- Reuters

One stumble away… (F-35) -- ELP Defens(c)e Blog

US aerospace seeks pact change to spur drone sales -- Reuters

US Defense Exports Still Dominate Market -- Defense Tech

Navy funds autonomous submarine for coastal surveillance -- Defense Systems

LCS: The Six Hundred Million Dollar... -- Information Dissemination

Obama’s Financiers Okay Extra $60 Billion for Pentagon (Updated) -- The Danger Room

Counter Terrorism: India And The U.S. Share What They Know -- Strategy Page

Air Force offers grace period to new recruits on tattoo ban -- USA Today

There Probably Will Be an Electronic Pearl Harbor -- Computer World

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