Rapid Fire 03-11-2006: Joint Cargo Aircraft Light Transport

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RU-38 Twin Condor(click to view full) * 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 […]

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