Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 12, 2018

A Migrant Vai1 drone, with an attached 360 VR camera, sits on display at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore, on Feb. 7, 2018. SEONGJOON CHO/BLOOMBERG PHOTO

Stars and Stripes/Bloomberg: In the global game of hide and seek, the drones are winning

Behind the noisy aerobatic flight displays and lines of visitors ogling fighter jets and missiles on the tarmac, the future of aviation is on display in a cavernous exhibition hall at Asia's largest airshow. And it's drones.

Amid crowds of media, military and marketing execs at the Singapore Airshow, there's a drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle, almost everywhere you turn. From Northrop Grumman's monster spy plane Global Hawk, which flew in from the U.S. Air Force base on Guam, to a small, battery-powered quadcopter from local start-up AeroLion Technologies that can fly through underground tunnels without GPS, there's a drone for everything.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 12, 2018

A way to make military drones even more useful -- C4ISRNet

Preparing for war in the north, Israel boosts air defenses -- Jerusalem Post

Israel Deploys Anti-Missile Systems on Syrian Border - Reports -- Sputnik

Iranian-armed Yemen Rebels Now Threaten One of World's Busiest Shipping Routes, Israeli Navy Says -- Haaretz

Sudan's Bashir replaces intelligence chief: state media -- AFP

Meet the first Afghan Special Forces instructor pilot trained in-country -- Military Times

Six Indian Navy submarines to be upgraded -- Business Line

Singapore Airshow 2018: Boeing eyes Super Hornet partners in India -- Jane's 360

Arctic sea routes could ease Malacca Strait security issue -- Asia Times

What China's military air crashes really signal -- Straits Times

Russian military test fires new upgraded air defense missile — media -- TASS

WATCH: Russia Tests New Anti-Missile System -- Sputnik

Russia's Defense Ministry plans to purchase 200 tanks per year -- TASS

Romania to buy 3 sub, 4 ships to bolster Black Sea ops -- Defense News

No sign of France reviewing weapons sales to Saudi-led Yemen coalition: sources -- Reuters

Sweden's New Helicopters Clobbered as 'Biggest Procurement Blunder' -- Sputnik

US Navy is seeking proposals for more destroyers -- Defense News/AP

US Navy pressing towards major reorg that could strip Pacific Fleet of authorities -- Defense News

Navy turns to Northrop Grumman for warfare systems -- UPI

Next steps for SpaceX's Falcon Heavy — Air Force qualification -- L.A. Times

Marines successfully test mine plow prototype for assault breacher -- UPI

Empty Cockpits Are a Problem for the U.S. Air Force -- Bloomberg editorial

Air Force Readies Competition to Re-Wing A-10s -- Defense Tech

Army Generals Discuss Next-Gen Combat Vehicle, Helicopter -- DoD Buzz

Digitization to Provide Cost Savings for Major Navy Programs -- National Defense

A Budget the Likes of Which the Pentagon Has Never Seen -- AP

FY19 budget puts US ‘back to a position of primacy,’ Mattis says -- Defense News

Army’s FY19 budget growing by 8 percent to fill readiness gaps, gradually grow force -- Defense News

Niger incident report coming soon, Mattis says -- Defense News

Land nav, iron sights and more discipline: Big changes are coming to Army basic training -- Army Times

CNN exclusive: After Texas massacre, military rushed to add more than 4,000 to gun ban list -- CNN

Battlefield acupuncture? Yes, it exists, and the military is using it to fight troops’ pain -- Military Times

The M14 rifle: What you didn't know about its history -- Carol Schuster, Military Times/Vietnam Magazine