Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 14, 2014

Farnborough is currently displaying a life-sized model of the F-35 aircraft

Farnborough Airshow: F-35 Combat Jet Fails To Take To Skies -- BBC

The F-35 combat jet, due to be used on the UK's new aircraft carriers, will not make its UK debut on the opening day of the Farnborough Airshow.

However, it may still appear later in the week, organisers have said.

Earlier this month, the entire fleet of F-35s was grounded in the US following an engine fire.

Plans for the jet to appear at the Royal International Air Tattoo in Fairford, Gloucestershire, last Friday were also cancelled.

"The aircraft is still awaiting US DoD (Department of Defense) clearance but we are hopeful that it will fly at the airshow by the end of the week," Farnborough organisers said in a statement.

The Pentagon's chief weapons buyer has blamed "excessive" rubbing of fan blades in the planes' engines for the fire, but said it was not a fundamental design flaw.

At a cost of about $400bn (£230bn), the F-35 family of jets is the most expensive defence project in US history.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 14, 2014

Farnborough Will Kick Off Without Any F-35s -- DoD Buzz

'Excessive' rubbing of engine blades caused F-35 failure: Pentagon -- Reuters

F-35 investigation finds no fleet-wide design flaw -- The Hill

Ospreys Skip Farnborough Air Show -- Defense Tech

UK to spend £2.5bn on F-35 fighters -- BBC

British PM announces £1.1bn defence spending -- BBC

France, U.K. May Deepen Ties on Drone Warplane -- Defense Tech

Russian delegates told to 'go home' from Farnborough -- BBC

Russia Says Visa Denial for Delegation to Farnborough Political Act -- RIA Novosti

Take off & land anywhere: Russia unveils hybrid amphibious drone vehicle (PHOTOS) -- RT

Ready or not, Japan wants to buy the Pentagon’s controversial Osprey aircraft -- Washington Post

U.S. Sees Risks in Assisting a Compromised Iraqi Force -- New York Times

Iranian foreign minister: ‘We don’t see any benefit in Iran developing a nuclear weapon’ -- Washington Times

North Korea Fires Artillery Shells Near Sea Border -- VOA

Apple Denies China Assertions on IPhone as Security Risk -- Bloomberg

Nato leaders plot cyber fightback -- Financial Times

Tribunal hearing legal challenge over GCHQ surveillance claims -- BBC

Edward Snowden condemns Britain's emergency surveillance bill -- Edward Snowden

Over a dozen CIA-recruited spies work in German ministries – report -- RT

Amid New Spy Scandal, Kerry Calls US, Germany 'Great Friends' -- VOA

How the CIA Partnered With Amazon and Changed Intelligence -- Frank Konkel, Next Gov/Defense One

Navy cruiser cut plan raises carrier questions -- Stars and Stripes/Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)

The Air Force bomber competition is as mysterious as ever -- Washington Post

Marine Corps tests massive new amphibious assault vehicle -- RT

UHAC: Marines' amphibious craft propels, paddles in prototype trial -- Stars and Stripes

America and the A-10: It's complicated -- Diem Nguyen Salmon, The Hill

Army on hunt for new weapons, just as U.S. war in Afghanistan winds down -- Washington Post

IG issues scathing report of Pentagon's MIA accounting agencies -- Stars and Stripes/ProPublica

Pentagon gives pink slips to thousands of soldiers, including active-duty officers -- FOX News

Reports: American POW Bergdahl to Return to Active Duty -- VOA

Mock typhoon disaster aims to determine when military should respond -- Stars and Stripes

Spies Like Us -- Jochen Bittner, NYT

Congress is overdue in dealing with the cybersecurity threat -- Washington Post editorial

Check out the U.S. Navy's nuclear submarines (Photo Gallery) -- Washington Times