Sunday, September 5, 2010

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 5, 2010

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U.S. Tanker Award Date Becomes More Uncertain -- Reuters

(Reuters) - The target date for the much-delayed award of a possible $50 billion U.S. Air Force refueling-plane deal just got murkier, and potentially more politicized.


No longer is mid-November necessarily the moment of truth in the rematch pitting Chicago-based Boeing Co(BA.N) against Airbus parent EADS(EAD.PA), its European rival.

"The decision will be in the fall," Lt. Col. Jack Miller, an Air Force spokesman, told Reuters Friday. "What I gave you is the latest, and corrects and clarifies any previous statements."

"Fall" means potentially as late as Dec. 20, according to the calendar.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

How's All That Validate-y Stuff Working Out For Ya? (On The F-35) -- Ares/Aviation Week

Lockheed-DoD Talks on Next JSF Batch To End Soon -- Defense News

The F-35I Looks Pregnant -- Strategy Page

The English Channel Air Force? -- DoD Buzz

Black Sea Fleet, Corvette Plans Highlight Russian Industry Issues -- Defense Industry Daily

BrahMos super-sonic cruise missile-dangerous and exportable -- ELP Defens(c)e Blog

India to testfire BrahMos missile off coast of eastern state of Orissa -- Xinhuanet

Russian war fortress to arrive in France -- Space War

Analysis: How the CIA bedded down in Burma
-- Intel News

US Army Orders Thermal Weapon Sights
-- Defence Talk

Pentagon May Send Robotic 'Mule' to War
-- Aol News

1st Global Hawk lands in Guam -- U.S. Air Force

Air Force Survival School reality show series on Hulu --Hulu (hulu.com)

Sailors, Contractors Face Off Over ‘Hostage’ Network -- Danger Room

Educators, reporter fight gravity, nausea as they fly with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet fighter team -- Cleveland.com

Marines Take The Old Man to the Front
-- War On Terror News

The War on (Military) Benefits -- In From The Cold

Maj. Gen. Bill Eubank, B-52 icon, dies -- Shreveport Times (Hat Tip: Alert 5)

U.S. Nuclear Stockpile Secrecy: A View from 1949 -- Secrecy News

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