Rapid Fire 2010-02-05: QRD 2010

* US QDR 2010 (Quadrennial Defense Review) in bullet points. Plus, some questions to think about. And what about small business and innovation? * US Army to spend $7 billion to develop replacement for cancelled FCS manned ground vehicles. * Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security (IPRIS) – Using BRIC to build at sea: The Brazil-China aircraft carrier agreement and shifting naval power [PDF]. * London-based IISS’s annual military balance report warns that cyber warfare threat is growing. * Georgian satellite channel taken off-air by French firm as a condition of the proposed Mistral Class amphibious ship sale. * Eurojet says it will share single-crystal engine blade technologies with India if Eurofighter wins MMRCA, or EJ200 engine is selected for the LCA Tejas Mk2. * US Intel community funds power-generating silicone implants. No, really. * Is a Golden Age of the Silicon Economy just ahead of us? That’s silicON – but if the above is true, we suppose it could be silicone… * Northrop Grumman posts higher quarterly sales across nearly all of its businesses. What do the analysts have to say? * Canada’s CAE gets C$58 million ($54 million) in Germany military contracts, including several contracts to provide […]