Rapid Fire 2010-03-10: Cross-Atlantic Protectionism

Mar 09, 2010 17:59 UTC by Defense Industry Daily staff

  • 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.

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