* US to help South Korea plug gaps in naval defense.
* UK coalition government announces new defense ministers.
* Project H-XBR: Eurocopter, Brazil open Brazilian center of excellence, hold first EC725 test flight.
* DoD’s Operationally Responsive Space Office launches satellite data-gathering payload built in a week.
* RAND: Study examines how the US can use information superiority against insurgents.
* US Army begins BRAC-mandated move of its Armor School and 180 M1 Abrams tanks to Fort Benning, GA, from Fort Knox, TN.
* Curtiss-Wright to pay $19 million in cash for Hybricon, a maker of electronic subcomponents for the US military.