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* Iran preparing more centrifuges for uranium enrichment, prepares to fire ballistic missiles in war games.
* NATO Armament Directors: Ballistic missile defense & Ground Surveillance progress. Note that “ground surveillance” = the AGS Program.
* US Intelligence community’s “IntelligenceWiki”
* Washington Post front line coverage: combat engineers vs. IED land mines. Don’t miss “Jedi Master McGorvin.”
* Mine-resistant vehicles getting marketing, deployment push. See also the “additional readings” section in DID’s Cougar coverage for a fuller roster, including new vehicles from BAE, Force Protection, and Protected Vehicles, Inc.
* Raytheon uses gaming technology to create “universal cockpit” for UAV operators. See Raytheon site for more.
* On the ground, iRobot now offers equipment to control multiple robots.
* Insurance firms must pay back $70 million to 70,000 US service members.
* CLAWS AMRAAM-based air defense finishes 14 month Limited Technical Inspection in just 12 months, exceeds performance expectations.
* USA’s military absentee ballots: a privacy risk?
* Joint Cargo Aircraft light transport contenders (C-27J Spartan, C-295M) heading into flyoffs.
* Boeing lobbying for 12 more C-17s in 2008.
* The next thing: Boeing Phantom Works prepares to fly a scale model version of their X-48B blended wing-body.