Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Military And Intelligence News briefs -- April 27, 2011


First Look: Inside The Army’s App Store For War -- The Danger Room

If all of the bureaucratic and security hurdles can be overcome, the Army will soon launch its version of an app store, where soldiers can download Army-relevant software to their work computers and — with a little luck — mobile phones. This is what its homepage will look like.

Called Army Marketplace, it’ll start off featuring the few dozen applications that soldiers created last year during the Apps for the Army contest. Those early efforts ran the gamut from workout guides to digitized manuals for standard Army tasks. So far, there are 17 apps for Android phones and another 16 for iPhones.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

We can't solve Syria too: Gates warns that the U.S. will not launch a Libya-style intervention as tanks pour into cities -- The Daily Mail

Will Gadhafi’s Forces Make Easier Targets Now? -- Defense Tech

Europe's Military Doesn't Measure Up -- NPR/New Republic

Russia: Ballistic Missile Test Is a Success -- Defense News/AFP

Russia successfully tests Sineva SLBM
-- RIA Novosti

New Chinese, Ship-Based, Heavy Fighter Readied For Flight Tests
-- Ares/Aviation week

Is China Really Building a Jump Jet? -- Defense Tech

Chinese military's chief of general staff announces visit to US next month
-- Canadian Press/AP

Canadian federal election: Ignatieff seizes on DND report of rising F-35 costs -- CTV

Super Hornet international version testing anticipated -- Flight Global

The Navy’s high importance, low-profile ships -- DoD Buzz

Fire Scout Scoring High Praise -- Information Dissemination

New engine snag upsets F-35 manfacturing progress -- Flight Global

Missile Warning Satellite Encapsulated in Launch Vehicle Payload Fairing -- Space Daily

Network would link defense functions, people -- Defence Talk

The US Army’s fleet of luxury vehicles -- DoD Buzz

SOCOM Wants ‘Invisible’ Commandos
-- The Danger Rooom

Energy Planning Rises as Pentagon Priority: Lynn -- Defense News

Pentagon acquisition chief promises rewards for good suppliers
-- Washington Post

Soldier Gets Full Face Transplant At Brigham And Women’s
-- CBS

ROTC Returns to Elite Colleges After Repeal of Military's Gay Ban -- FOX News

Brown Kills ROTC Return -- GoLocalProv

Atheists Seek Chaplain Role in the Military -- New York Times

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,450
-- AP

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,445 -- AP

The Road to Budget Reduction -- Military.com

A Radical Plan for Cutting the Defense Budget and Reconfiguring the U.S. Military.
Total savings: $279.5 billion.
-- Douglas MacGregor, Foreign Policy (a commentary)

Anti-missilephobia: Team Obama schemes for further weakening of U.S. defensive shield -- Frank J. Gaffney Jr., The Washington Times (a commentary)

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