Rapid Fire Jan. 9, 2013: Afghanistan Zero Option | Pilot Training

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* Some within the Obama administration see post-2014 US troops in Afghanistan down to just a few thousands, while others don’t rule out a complete withdrawal. WaPo | WSJ | UPI | CSIS. * BAE and Boeing are interested in the huge F-16 worldwide aftermarket, reports Bloomberg. * Bell and Boeing to Canada: why don’t you have a look at the V-22? But then they started making that pitch more than a year ago. * Dassault is interested in Canada too… with the Rafale, according to Les Echos [in French]. Scoring that would look something like this. * The UK’s House of Commons’ Defence Committee released a report on cyber-security recommending that “the MoD and the National Security Council keep under review the delineation of the military role in national cyber-security, not with a view to expanding that role unnecessarily, but to ensure that threats are dealt with in the most appropriate and effective manner, and that the MoD can focus its resources accordingly.” * The pre-solicitation conference organized by US NAVAIR for T-45 aircraft maintenance and logistics support has been postponed to Jan. 18. A draft RFP is about to be released. * Australia’s Defence Materiel Organisation has a […]

* Some within the Obama administration see post-2014 US troops in Afghanistan down to just a few thousands, while others don’t rule out a complete withdrawal. WaPo | WSJ | UPI | CSIS.

* BAE and Boeing are interested in the huge F-16 worldwide aftermarket, reports Bloomberg.

* Bell and Boeing to Canada: why don’t you have a look at the V-22? But then they started making that pitch more than a year ago.

* Dassault is interested in Canada too… with the Rafale, according to Les Echos [in French]. Scoring that would look something like this.

* The UK’s House of Commons’ Defence Committee released a report on cyber-security recommending that “the MoD and the National Security Council keep under review the delineation of the military role in national cyber-security, not with a view to expanding that role unnecessarily, but to ensure that threats are dealt with in the most appropriate and effective manner, and that the MoD can focus its resources accordingly.”

* The pre-solicitation conference organized by US NAVAIR for T-45 aircraft maintenance and logistics support has been postponed to Jan. 18. A draft RFP is about to be released.

* Australia’s Defence Materiel Organisation has a draft request for tender available upon request for the AIR 5428 Pilot Training System Phase 1.

* The UK-based Phoenix think tank notes that the fact piracy off Somalia abated in 2012 could be an easily-reverted gain. The factors that had triggered a surge in maritime piracy in the first place are still present.

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