* Gates looks to cut $10 billion to $15 billion per year in Pentagon waste. Washington Post | New York Times | Associated Press | CNN
* Leaked Swiss Defense Ministry paper calls for shift from defense of homeland to security operations inside country.
* Canada’s CGI to acquire US defense IT firm Stanley for over $1 billion.
* Springtime for the Taliban: US military braces for large influx of Taliban fighters into Kandahar.
* Sparton in Schaumburg, IL snags $28 million subcontract to supply 33,604 AN/SSQ-53F, AN/SSQ-62E, and AN/SSQ-36B sonobuoys for the US Navy’s antisubmarine forces.
* Lockheed Martin to provide the transportable BEAR power system for USAF mobile airfields.
* The National System for Geospatial Intelligence certifies the space-based SBIRS HEO-2 sensor is ready for US technical intelligence missions.