* EADS CEO says the company is looking to buy a medium-sized defense company in the US; last US acquisition was PlantCML.
* The use of metrology-assisted machining, manufacturing, and assembly is growing in the aerospace sector.
* Strategy Analytics: Annual market for SATCOM-related electronics to grow from $796 million in 2009 to nearly $2.58 billion in 2020.
* Der Spiegel attempts to cover the growing use of UAVs, includes interview with Brookings’ Peter Singer (vid. “In the Loop? Armed Robots and the Future of War“)
* US Navy i-ENCON program saves 354,000 barrels of fuel during Q1 2010; 4.9% better than Q4 2009.
* WIRED Danger Room looks at ongoing issues with removable storage in US military, and the flip-side of its cyber-security efforts for operations.
* Boeing completes design of US Navy free electron laser weapon system to take out high-speed cruise missiles.
* Honeywell gets US Army order to maintain Cold War era Washington-Moscow hotline.
* CACI secures $219 million contract to provide C4ISR and IT to SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic.