* Forecast International: Gulf States will continue to drive Middle Eastern defense spending. See also Documental’s 2008 forecast.
* A Greener American Quadrennial Defense Review?
* From offshoring, to the business case for “backshoring” manufacturing.
* Australia’s difficult FFG-7 frigate upgrade: that’s a wrap.
* Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling wants bayonet training dropped – but the British had to use them in Iraq. See the US Army’s own assessment of that fight.
* Blimpgate? Former USAF official alleges USA was deprived of counter-IED monitoring when a former Space Command General illegally countermanded a direct order by former USAF chief of staff Gen. Jumper.
* More on LPD-17 San Antonio Class failures: full statements from Northrop Grumman & US Navy offices.
* US Navy releases RFP for yet another Littoral Combat Ship program revision.
* Congressional statement of Congressional Budget Office’s Eric J. Labs, on the Long-Term Outlook for the U.S. Navy’s Fleet.
* USAF Gen. Chilton: Space debris “out of control.”
* Japan’s C-X/ XC2 aerial transport flies. See video.
* Canada’s SAR aircraft competition: progress in the spring?
* Russia still trying to develop a MALE (Medium Altitude, Long Endurance) UAV, while hedging its bets with Israel.