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Archives by date > 2011 > January > 4th

Rapid Fire: 2011-01-05

Jan 04, 2011 22:04 UTC

  • After a bit of a panic, US immigration has extended a deadline for American companies to certify, under penalty of perjury, that they’re not improperly sharing “sensitive” information with foreign workers. The new deadline is Feb 20/11.

  • Meanwhile, the Pentagon has issued new guidance re: organizational conflicts of interest and competition, such as performing a requirements study and then supplying the weapons system that the study addressed. Washington Post.

  • Speaking of the Post, its piece on China’s military industry, while interesting and sometimes informative, would be more credible without basic factual mistakes (there is no IL-478, SU-35 not a carrier-based fighter…). See also Japan’s Asahi Shimbun for its interview with USN Pacific Command’s Adm. Robert Willard.

  • The Washington Post did a better job reporting on the new “Gorgon Stare” pod, which is being deployed to Afghanistan. It has been tested with the MQ-9 Reaper UAV, but can also be carried by other aircraft.

  • Allied forces target supply networks of IEDs in Afghanistan.

  • US Army fields SPARKS II mine roller kit that attaches to the front of vehicles and detonates roadside bombs. Wonder if they’re related to these…

  • Research and Markets: Ukraine’s defense expenditure is predicted to grow at a healthy 8.3% per year for the next five years, reaching $2.6 billion by 2015.

  • The French DGA procurement agency signs EUR 160 million deal to buy 200 heavy trucks from Italy’s Iveco for the French Army.

  • RAF getting set to introduce BAE’s HMSS helmet-mounted sight for its Eurofighters. Pilots of competing aircraft already use HMS systems like the Israeli/American JHMCS, but BAE’s system does have some up-to-date features.

  • BAE Systems gets $34 million contract modification for updates to the Bradley fighting vehicle.

  • Alion to develop GUARD DOG information processing technology for US troops on patrol.

  • Colton’s Maritime Memos says that you might want to own Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding’s Newport News as a shareholder, but you really don’t want to own the Gulf Coast operation.

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