* Rosoboronexport will deliver more Mi-17 helicopters to Afghanistan before the end of the year despite concerns raised in the US Congress, reports RIA Novosti.
* The Electric Ships office within the US Navy’s PEO Ships update its technology development roadmap [PDF] for naval power systems, which had last been published in 2007 [PDF].
* Intelsat President Kay Sears lists recommendations for the Pentagon to improve its procurement of satellite communications services.
* The RAND Corporation explores to what extent cyberattack capabilities could be brandished as a detterent, including in a nuclear context.
* DARPA wants to improve the awareness of dismounted infantry squads. Obligatory branding right out of the 1990s: Digitizing SQUAD X RFI.
* The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) recently eased notification requirements for exporters dealing with exceptions to the arms embargo for Libya. US State Dept note [PDF].
* As China, Japan, and South Korea all changed their top political leadership in recent months, it is hard to keep up with diplomatic dynamics in the region. The latest Comparative Connections is a good way to catch up with the web of bilateral relations in East Asia.
* US Defense Undersecretary Frank Kendall spoke earlier this week at the Joint Warfighting Conference about acquisition damage control. Video below:
