* Anosognosia: What does a bank robber who smears lemon juice on his face to defeat video cameras, have to do with Donald Rumsfeld and the management of complex engineering projects?
* Pentagon waking up to reality that having interest payments nearly the size of the defense budget just for America’s acknowledged debts might be a security problem; USAF debating cuts to existing fleets.
* Doesn’t Add Up: AeroVironment, maker of the Raven, Wasp, and Dragon Eye UAVs, discloses that the US Department of Justice is investing its billing practices for government contracts going back to FY 2006.
* Bagram Bribes: 2 Afghan trucking companies agree to pay $4.4 million in fines after pleading guilty to bribing US officials to get contracts at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan.
* Iran’s Nukes: CIA Director Panetta says Iran has enough uranium for 2 nuclear weapons.
* Losing Control: US, South Korea agree to extend deadline for US to relinquish wartime control of South Korean troops from 2012 to 2015.
* Pakistan’s new F-16 Block 52 fighters, refurbished P-3C Orion sea control aircraft arrive.
* Luxembourg chooses the RB57 NLAW shoulder-fired anti-armor missile.
* France consolidating Rafale training, basing.
* Britain’s new Hawk TMk2 trainers hit milestones.
* Tajik Training: US to spend $10 million to build a military training center in Tajikistan, a Central Asian country NATO uses as an overland supply route for troops in Afghanistan.
* Somebody’s Watching Me: Worldwide spending on military video surveillance is predicted to reach $7.7 billion this year.