* North Korea’s sinking of the ROKS Cheonan is causing South Korea to rethink its planned Defense Reform 2020 restructuring and procurement program. Among other changes the Navy could see a shift toward more FFX type light patrol frigates.
* US Army’s next generation Ground Combat Vehicle IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) attracting teams & bids. GDLS with Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and MTU Detroit Diesel; BAE Systems with Northrop Grumman; and Future Combat Systems leads Boeing and SAIC with Germany’s KMW.
* Orders in Afghanistan: no HMMWVs off-base, only MRAPs. Similar orders were issued in Iraq, at the height of the fighting.
* Reuters special report: How the Obama White House learned to love UAV strikes as its main tool in the war.
* US deploys Patriot missile battery, US soldiers to Poland to train Polish military on system.
* US Cyber Command is up and running with Gen. Keith Alexander in charge.
* UK military personnel in Afghanistan sport new camouflage, the 1st new design in over 40 years.
* Lockheed Martin delivers the 1st new AEHF secure broadband communications satellite to the USAF, for a planned July 30/10 liftoff.
* Small businesses organize against US government’s in-sourcing of contractor work.