Rapid Fire: 2010-03-10
Mar 09, 2010 17:59 ESTRelated Stories: ABM, Americas - Other, Americas - USA, Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Daily Rapid Fire, Engines - Aircraft, Europe - E.U., Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, Logistics, Radars, Raytheon, Rolls Royce, Transport & Utility
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- EU warns US about protectionism in KC-X tanker RFP. EU release
- London Times covers China’s escalating cyberwarfare against western military and civilian targets. USNI Blog asks the logical question.
- China launches Yaogan-9 military reconnaissance satellite.
- Brazil’s president has “not yet decided” what fighter to buy, as his government disputes a bid pricing leak.
- The US military is looking for a few good ideas. Beginning in battlefield forensics.
- Seapower chair Rep. Gene Taylor [D-MS] asks: What’s going on with Northrop’s shipbuilding contracts?
- US MSC describes use of pre-positioning ships, joint crewing, and even INLS lighterage in response to Haiti disaster.
- Raytheon gets $152 million order to provide engineering services for the Patriot anti-air missile defense system.
- Raytheon mourns Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) President John C. Jones.
- Pentagon Channel on Hurt Locker’s Oscar win. Meanwhile, CNN talks to EOD techs about the reality.
- USJFCOM ready to deploy commercial-off-the-shelf technology to improve access to large data files for US troops in Afghanistan.
