* US Senate is unlikely to take up the House-passed IMPROVE Act, which would reform the US defense acquisition process.
* USAF C-130Hs dispatched to spray dispensants on the growing Gulf of Mexico oil slick, as it approaches critical shorelines. Too little, too late?
* A US federal grand jury indicts 6 people and 3 companies with conspiring to defraud the US government of $40 million by supplying aircraft countermeasure flares that included banned Chinese magnesium. US DoJ release | Associated Press | Buffalo News.
* From the “yeah, we’ve noticed” department: Chinese defense industrial ramp-up, penchant for unauthorized knock-offs, turning it from major Russian arms client to minor/non-client and competitor.
* Can computer aggregated probability modeling help US Intelligence agencies to avoid ther long history of filtering out dissenting opinions, and blowing big calls?
* Clould computing, biometrics, and major network programs are featured in the US Army’s 2010 modernization plan.
* Shock and Awe: General Dynamics, ATK get USMC contract to demonstrate Medusa 66mm flash-bang grenade and launcher.
* Having 20% of its Eisenhower-era KC-135 aerial tankers in depot at any one time makes it hard to meet 2 of 3 USAF MCRS scenarios.
* Back to the Future: Canadian Navy reinstates 1910 “executive curl” on naval officers’ rank insignia.
