Rapid Fire 2010-08-23: AWACS Electronics

• US DoD report on Fort Hood shootings [PDF] recommends “scientific” behavioral screening for violence, standardized religious accommodation processes, improved commander guidelines and training, better commander access to personal health records and intelligence information, and better military installation emergency response systems. Plus more scrutiny of foreign national employees (though the shooter was a lifetime American citizen). In short, lots of dancing around the main issue, though the future review of DoDI 1325.06 might change that.

• 3 Honeywell GPS-III satellite components pass Critical Design Reviews.

• US military to offer higher pay for doctors, dentists as it strives to recruit.