Rapid Fire Jan. 28, 2013: Bigger US Cyber Command

Jan 28, 2013 09:30 UTC by Defense Industry Daily staff
  • House of Representatives Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan told NBC that he thinks the sequester is going to happen. Meet the Press | Reuters.
  • Senator Richard Durbin [D-IL] has been confirmed as the new chairman of the appropriations defense subcommittee. The Hill.
  • The Defense Acquisition University has an updated comparison chart of major contract types [PPT], to help tell apart your FPIFs from your FPAFs.

  • The US Defense Department’s Cyber Command is going to expand its staff from 900 to 4,900 people, reports the Washington Post.

  • The Defense Security Service released version 2.0 of its guidance [PDF] to cleared companies on the implementation of electronic fingerprint capture.

  • The first Patriot battery recently moved to Turkey – a Dutch unit – is now operational. Hürriyet | NATO.

  • The United States agreed to support the French operations in Mali with aerial refueling. This had been under discussion for more than a week.

  • Le Journal du Dimanche claims [in French] that Anne Lauvergeon is supported by the French government to replace Arnaud Lagardère as chairman of EADS. Le Figaro had earlier reported [in French] that Alcatel’s Philippe Camus was also interested. Lauvergeon headed nuclear-plant builder Areva until 2011, and like President François Hollande, she was a staffer for former president François Mitterrand in the 80s.

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