* Sharing secrets: South Korea, Japan to share sensitive information on North Korean nuclear and missile capabilities.
* Boston brouhaha: Raytheon’s layoff creates political storm in Massachusetts.
* Standoffish: Lockheed Martin gets $157.7 million contract to develop a long-range anti-ship missile under the DARPA LRASM program.
* Defense companies buying up more homeland security vendors, says RBC technology sector analyst Daniel Meron.
* Boeing is testing a new rotor blade, other improvements for its CH-47F/MH-47G Chinook helicopters.
* The USAF is actively recruiting cybersecurity experts to combat the “great threat” to national security posed by cyber attacks, says Maj. Gen. Michael Basla.
* GPS-III satellite program’s 1st deliverable was ahead of schedule.
* A ceremony opens the new P-8 Poseidon sea control aircraft finishing facility near Seattle, WA.
* SAIC receives $45 million task order to support the Spectrum Warfare Systems Department at the Naval Surface Warfare Center under the SeaPort-e contract.