Rapid Fire 2010-04-16: IMPROVE Act

Apr 15, 2010 21:57 UTC by Defense Industry Daily staff

Reports that Syria has supplied Hezbollah with short-range Scud ballistic missiles creating ripples in Washington, and beyond. Jerusalem Post | Politico | Voice of America.
US Defense Logistics Agency replaces Agility as a logistics supplier to US military in Kuwait and Iraq following the DoJ’s extension of fraud indictments to company’s affiliates. Dow Jones | Reuters | Bloomberg | Agility statement on indictment extension

US House Armed Services Committee targets defense contracting waste by giving Pentagon chief more power to discipline DoD employees, incentives to employees who cut costs. HASC release | IMPROVE Act [PDF] | Reuters | Federal Times

Naval support vessels becoming more important, as they take on new roles.

Sweden offers Romania price cuts to take JAS-39 Gripens istead of older US ANG F-16s.

Pentagon fends off hundreds of thousands of hacker probes of its networks every day, NSA chief Alexander tells US Senate committee. SASC Hearing Webcast | Danger Room

USJFCOM demonstrates portal to share information across US agencies and US allies.

Metal cutting begins for Australia’s Hobart Class Air Warfare Destroyers.

Maintaining the AC-130U “Spooky” gunship.

Northrop Grumman conducts test of fiber-ready laser for US Army Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) system to protect rotary wing aircraft from IR guided missiles.

Categories: Asia - Central, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, ECM, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Logistics, Middle East - Other, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Scandals & Investigations, USA

Rapid Fire 2010-04-16: IMPROVE Act

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