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Rapid Fire 2010-04-14: Lessons from War in Lebanon

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* RAND Corp. adds to lessons learned from the 2006 war in Lebanon: “Military Capabilities for Hybrid War; Insights from the Israel Defense Forces in Lebanon and Gaza” [PDF] * Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry may have found a way to improve the quality of graphene films, paving the way for better semiconductors. * Lockheed Martin’s team submits its Littoral Combat Ship bid to the US Navy. * Give me shelter: Kratos to buy US military shelter maker Gichner for $133 million. Kratos release | Dow Jones | Associated Press * Just swipe your jet through the scanner… new KC-135 ARAI/RFID aerial refueling system aims to solve a persistent efficiency problem. * European TACO (Threedimensional Adaptive Camera with Object detection and foveation) consortium working to improve 3D robotic observation. * Former Bell engineers at AVX Aircraft prepare to bid for the US Army’s ARH with a compound helicopter concept. * Lockheed Martin touts successful live warhead test for its new AGM-114R Hellfire II with multi-mode warhead. * Lt. Gen. Lloyd Austin to replace Gen. Ray Odierno as senior US general in Iraq, the Associated Press says quoting anonymous officials. * US State Department official defends legal basis for use of weaponized […]

* RAND Corp. adds to lessons learned from the 2006 war in Lebanon: “Military Capabilities for Hybrid War; Insights from the Israel Defense Forces in Lebanon and Gaza” [PDF]

* Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry may have found a way to improve the quality of graphene films, paving the way for better semiconductors.

* Lockheed Martin’s team submits its Littoral Combat Ship bid to the US Navy.

* Give me shelter: Kratos to buy US military shelter maker Gichner for $133 million. Kratos release | Dow Jones | Associated Press

* Just swipe your jet through the scanner… new KC-135 ARAI/RFID aerial refueling system aims to solve a persistent efficiency problem.

* European TACO (Threedimensional Adaptive Camera with Object detection and foveation) consortium working to improve 3D robotic observation.

* Former Bell engineers at AVX Aircraft prepare to bid for the US Army’s ARH with a compound helicopter concept.

* Lockheed Martin touts successful live warhead test for its new AGM-114R Hellfire II with multi-mode warhead.

* Lt. Gen. Lloyd Austin to replace Gen. Ray Odierno as senior US general in Iraq, the Associated Press says quoting anonymous officials.

* US State Department official defends legal basis for use of weaponized UAVs. Koh speech | Washington Post

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