Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 18, 2012


Navy To Speed Up Carrier-Launched Combat Drone Program -- Defense Tech

That’s right, the Navy has been told by Pentagon brass to hurry up and figure out a way to get a stealthy, combat drone flying off aircraft carriers by the end of the decade service officials said today.

Two years ago the Navy announced that it planned on fielding a stealthy, fighter-size drone that could perform long-range reconnaissance and strike missions while operating from aircraft carriers, a project known as Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS). The service put out an RfI for the program and numerous defense contractors have begun preparing designs.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

China, a key supplier of nuke arms to Pak, Iran -- Zee News

N.Korea Shows Off Weapons at Military Parade -- Chosun Ilbo

Report: Iran arrests 15 suspected Israeli spies -- Haaretz

War Shifts Canada's Military Expectations -- Wall Street journal

S. American defense spending set to fall -- Space War

Russia-China Su-35 Fighter Talks Frozen -- RIA Novosti

China, Russia plan naval exercises in Yellow Sea -- Seattle PI/AP

Poland, Baltics wary on Russian army plans in Kaliningrad -- Space War

Afghan military: Army’s troop strength is on track to take lead in security next year -- Washington Post/AP

Israel develops new weapons for next war -- Space War

U.S. Aims Newest, Laser-Guided Rocket at Afghanistan -- Danger Room

Destroying Army's chemical weapons may take extra 2 years, $2.5B -- Stars and Stripes

U.S. Army Maps Postwar Future for MRAPs -- Defense News

Modular 'Trucks' Will Rule The Waves: CNO -- Aol Defense

A look at US Navy ship numbers -- Information Dissemination

If the Navy had one more dollar to spend?
-- DoD Buzz

Navy official 'confident' Gerald R. Ford carrier cost won't rise further
-- HRMilitary.com

General Dynamics NASSCO Begins Construction of the Future USNS John Glenn -- Nassco

Global Hawk test flights to demonstrate safety planned -- Dayton Daily News

Fire Scout’s next evolution -- DoD Buzz

The Navy’s Newest Drone Chopper -- Defense Tech

Electronic Weapons: Robotic Eyes Miss Nothing -- Strategy Page

In Camouflage, Android Could Power Military Apps
-- Bloomberg Businessweek

Commanders warn defense industry against delays, cost overruns
-- Stars and Stripes

Pentagon Releasing Satellite Report
-- Defense News

Navy's supersonic electromagnetic rail gun is everything you'd expect
-- 39Online

US military intelligence critic to lead spy agency -- AFP

Women In The Combat Zone -- Strategy Page

Leon Panetta Lays Out New Rules to Combat Sexual Assault in U.S. Military
-- Daily Beast

Wife Learns Of Soldier's Death Via Text, Facebook; Outrage Or The Future?
-- Aol Defense

Military Intelligence Gadfly Will Lead All Military Intelligence
-- The Danger Room

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,810 -- CBS/AP

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