Rapid Fire: 2010-03-25
Mar 24, 2010 20:41 EDTRelated Stories: Americas - USA, Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, DARPA, Daily Rapid Fire, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Missiles - Ballistic, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Outer Space, Policy - Procurement, Radars, Scandals & Investigations, Simulation & Training, Specialty Aircraft, Support Functions - Other, UAVs
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- The US House Armed Services Committee Panel on Defense Acquisition Reform approves a final version of its report [PDF] on the defense acquisition system.
- Water desalination on a chip could be a game-changer for post-disaster scenarios, expeditionary militaries.
- Britain consolidating work of 6 government departments, 2 research councils, a technology committee and the Met Office into one new UK Space Agency.
- US Defense Secretary orders internal review of the Pentagon’s intelligence operations policy in response to allegations that private contractors conducted unauthorized “intelligence operations” in Afghanistan. Wall Street Journal | Washington Post | Associated Press
- DoD, NIST document puts forward common information security guidelines for contractors and federal government.
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) pushes WESTEC Advanced Productivity Exposition to biennial, adds new AeroDef Manufacturing Exposition in alternate years.
- Hitchin’ a Ride: DARPA scraps plans for Rapid Eye UAV that would be deployed by an ICBM.
- IARPA (no, that’s not a typo) asks industry’s help in assessing virtual reality intelligence applications.
- France completes urgent operational order for Sperwer NG/ SDTI UAVs.
- Turkish T-129 attack helicopter prototype crashes in Italy.
- Rented German Heron UAV has a fender bender at Mazar-e-Sharif Air Base, Afghanistan.
- It’s just like the real thing, except for the birds: UK orders virtual reality parachute trainers.
- Curtiss-Wright gets $10.5 million order from Northrop Grumman to supply, improve radar processors for E-8C JSTARS ground surveillance planes.
