Friday, February 25, 2011

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 25, 2011



Air Force Announces Next Tanker Aircraft -- U.S. Air Force

Air Force and Defense Department officials announced the award of an engineering and manufacturing development contract valued at more than $3.5 billion for the KC-46A aerial refueler to The Boeing Company today.

Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley said in the briefing that many factors were evaluated during the tanker selection process.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Given KC-Y, Should EADS Risk a KC-X Protest? -- Aviation Week

Sorry, Euros: Boeing Wins Tanker Deal. Again.
-- The Danger Room

Boeing beats out EADS to win air tanker contract -- McClatchy News

Unstable Momentum in Middle East Causes More U.S. Need for Missile Defense
-- PR Newswire

Azerbaijan buys 24 Russian attack helicopters
-- News.Az

Libyan Turmoil Prompts Chinese Naval Firsts
-- Wall Street Journal

Eurofighter reveals Typhoon development options for Middle East
-- Flight Global

Accidents at MoD cost £20m, including man burned by Christmas pud -- The Telegraph

Taiwan Reels From Spy Arrest -- Defense News

Spanish army school blast kills bomb disposal experts -- BBC

Moscow's purchase of French warships causes panic from Washington to Tokyo -- The Telegraph

Pentagon Official: We Didn't Need Test of Bunker-Buster Bomb -- AolNews

Northrop Grumman Delivers U.S. Navy's Newest DDG 51 Class Destroyer, William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) -- Defpro

Future U.S. Nuclear-Armed Vessel to Use Attack-Submarine Technology -- Global Security Newswire

Fire Scout Completes First Unmanned Test Flights On Littoral Combat Ship -- Space Daily

Pentagon Urged to Copy Adaptive Businesses -- Ares/Aviation Week

DoD be Warned: Smartphones A Weak Spot in Cyber Armor -- Defense Tech

Someone’s Smearing Top General Before Big Promotion -- The Danger Room

U.S. military operations would face little disruption in a government shutdown -- Stars And Stripes

WikiLeaks: Is there a future for the website without Julian Assange?
-- Christian Science Monitor

Limited Nuclear War Could Deplete Ozone Layer, Increasing Radiation -- Global Security Newswire

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