Thursday, January 27, 2011

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 27, 2011

Staff Sgt. Reag Wood (left) and Spc. Michael Torrez are members of the Army Evaluation Task Force, which assesses smart phone technologies for use in new training approaches and operational environments. (Annie Gammell/Special to The Washington Times)

Soldiers On Battlefield Turn Apps Into Arms -- Washington Times

Smart phones redefine warfare

The Army is mobilizing — in a 21st-century kind of way.

Soldiers armed with smart phones are finding new ways to fight and subsequently redefining the battlefield. They can share intelligence and translate languages with what amounts basically to the common cell phone.

“This isn’t the future. This is now,” said Lt. Col. Greg Motes of the Army Signal Center at Fort Gordon, Ga.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

U.K. forces prepare for axe to fall on fighter jet fleet in drastic cuts package -- the Telegraph

Germany May Pare A400M Acquisition -- Defense News

Israeli Air Force expands its UAV capabilities
-- Jerusalem post

Israel Digs In For The Big One
-- Strategy Page

Luftwaffe Bundles Eurofighter Capacity -- Ares/Aviation Week

U.S. May Allow India to Join JSF Effort -- Defense News

U.S. says seeks "right time" for Taiwan arms sales -- Reuters

U.S. Military: Somali Pirates Expanding Their Range -- Wall Street Journal

Are we headed to an unrecoverable fighter jet gap? -- Washington Examiner (a commentary)

Obama vows to end enforcement of 'don't ask, don't tell' this year -- Washington Post

Lockheed Martin Ramps Up Aegis -- Aviation Week

All Female Catapult Team on Lincoln Launches Success in Support of OEF -- Navy.mil

Gates heads to Canada for talks on war, weapons -- AFP

The Smallest and Most Precise Missile In the US Arsenal -- Gizmodo

Even DHS Is Freaked Out by Spy Drones Over America -- The Danger Room

If A Dollar Falls in The Pentagon… -- DoD Buzz

Armed Services GOP: Don’t destroy military effectiveness with cuts -- The Hill

Universities, Military Reconsider Restoring On-Campus ROTC
-- NPR

Camaraderie in military taking a beating -- Havelock News

Lynn: NATO Must Get Ahead of Cyber Threat -- U.S. Department Of Defense

NATO Official: Thin Line Between Cyber Crime, Cyberwarfare -- Defense News

Army base locked down after 'serious concern' -- MSNBC

Partisan Divide on Defense Lingers After State Of the Union Speech -- Military.com

Insurance Company Drops Vet Over 2-Cent Shortage
-- ABC News

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