Rapid Fire April 12, 2012: Boeing’s Angry Birds

Apr 12, 2012 08:00 UTC by Defense Industry Daily staff

  • What is North Korea up to with their space launch vehicle attempts?

  • 2 US Marines were killed and 2 others injured in an MV-22 crash in Morocco yesterday during the African Lion exercise.

  • South Africa’s Department of Justice said the Commission of Inquiry into the Strategic Defence Procurement Package announced by President Jacob Zuma last year has started its work and will announce a timetable of public hearings “soon after it has completed its programme.”

  • Boeing plans to launch a smartphone running Google’s Android operating system by the end of the year, though it may or may not carry their brand.

  • Michael Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, was on Bloomberg TV yesterday, talking about the consequences of sequestration and the pending closure of the Avondale, LA shipyard. Video below:

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