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* US Army meets 2006 recruiting goals early.
* No slowdown in India-Israel defense cooperation.
* China recruiting innovative weapons designers
* US Congress tightens port security requirements.
* BAE’s Nimrod MRA4 goes for cold-weather testing… in Florida.
* US Army Future Combat Systems receives NLOS-C vehicle and light mobile artillery system at Yuma, AZ for testing. See GlobalSecurity.org NLOS-C article.
* FY 2007 US defense budget proposal delays IT modernization.
* Colombia wants 15 UH-60L Black Hawks (up to $303 million), while Brazil’s Navy requests 6 S-70B Seahawks, 13 T700-401C engines, and support (up to $300 million) [DSCA releases in PDF format].
* Australia modernizing command and control for air operations with ULTRA.
* Eurofighter simulator training software hits version 1.0.
* SUAV (E) in the UK – GBP 200 million ($376 million) for UAV/UCAV technology demonstrator program?
* …And they’re interested in naval UAV/USVs as well.
* Global Hawk UAV rundown: from Block 10 – Block 40.