Friday, March 19, 2010

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 19, 2010



Mine's a GT - Pilot's View of first F-35B VL -- Ares/Aviation Week

BAE Systems' Graham Tomlinson, aka "GT", lead test pilot for the STOVL F-35B, says that, with today's first vertical landing, the flight-test team has "joined the dots" on everything the US Marine Corps (and the UK and Italy) need to operate the aircraft: from short take-off, conversion to conventional flight then back to STOVL mode, to vertical landing.

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Hat Tip: ELP Defens(c)e Blog

MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Marines Laud JSF Vertical Landing -- DoD Buzz

EADS tells Pentagon it might still vie for tanker deal -- Reuters

Combatant Commanders Want C-130s for Afghanistan -- Defense News

Carrier Alternative Weekly -- New Wars

Colorado to Army - Make Chem Demil Harder, Please -- Armchair Generalist

Bundeswehr Advocate Says Armed Forces are ‘Unprepared’ for Combat -- Defense Talk

The German Navy's Lack of Power Projection -- Information Dissemination

Information Warfare: China Inspires The World -- Strategy Page

JFCOM’s JOE Whacks Defense Industry -- Defense Tech

US troops to march on the Red Square to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Nazi defeat -- Army Times

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