Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 12, 2010


Madden NFL For Military’s Drone Video Analysts -- The Danger Room

For months, the U.S. military has been rushing to get more drones over Afghanistan. But as more Predators and Reapers prowl the skies, intelligence analysts are drowning in data. Air Force unmanned aircraft shot nearly three times as much video over Afghanistan and Iraq last year as they did in 2007. Exactly how much footage is that? If one analyst had to watch it all, it would take about 24 years, if watched continuously, Christopher Drew writes in today’s New York Times.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Good List of Upcoming Reports Due in Washington -- Ares/Aviation Week

Boeing: KC-X Fixed-Price Contract Likely To Stay -- Defense News

GD May Break Up LCS Team -- Defense News

The Other Korea Sells More And Does It Legal -- Strategy Page

Hovering Ambulance ‘Bot Takes Flight -- War Is Boring

Questions Persist About Security Lapses -- Global Security Newswire

The Shadow War: Making Sense of the New CIA Battlefield in Afghanistan -- Tom Dispatch

The 2010 Cyber Threat Environment -- Defense Tech

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