* Iraq to spend $26 billion on US aircraft, helicopters, tanks, armored vehicles, warships, and missiles, according to a Baghdad newspaper.
* IAI’s Brazilian JV bidding to make its avionics, self defense systems part of Brazil’s KC-390 medium tactical transport jet.
* DynCorp gets task order worth up to $105 million under the US Army’s Contract Field Teams contract to provide aviation maintenance support at Fort Campbell, KY.
* API Technologies agrees to acquire the equity of SenDEC, a Fairport, NY-based defense electronics manufacturer, in a stock swap deal worth around $97 million.
* Is Pentagon cost-cutting going to far? Electronic taps lacks soul.
* Harris gets $14.4 million order to supply RF-310M handheld tactical radios to coalition forces.
* iDirect Government Technology to supply routers and modems to Integral Systems under its $10 million contract [PDF] to modernize the US Coast Guard’s satellite communications network.