* Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries issues its Report on Military Procurement; recommendations include 1 minister to oversee it, rather than the current 3.
* F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighter rumored to have beaten the F-35A and JAS-39DK Gripen NG in Denmark.
* Indian interceptor missile test misses a Prithvi II target missile. RIA Novosti | Indian Express | Jakarta Post.
* How The Hurt Locker’s bomb suit works.
* US Army fast-tracking GPS-guided 120mm mortar round to Afghanistan.
* Venezuela receives first 6 of 18 Chinese K-8 Karakorum trainer/ light attack jets.
* EADS aims to sell 210 A400M military transport planes to US Department of Defense. Good luck with that.
* Qatar’s C-17s flying aid missions to Haiti, and Chile.
* Lockheed Martin delivers 1st Hawk-T Mk.2 simulator to the winning Ascent consortium, for future use with the UK’s new Hawk Mk.128 LIFT jet trainers.
* DARPA looks to tap quantum mechanics for military application.
* Frost & Sullivan: Aging land military equipment in Asia Pacific countries fuels growth in upgrades and replacements.