* 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...
* Pentagon chief Robert Gates unveils a plan detailing $150 billion in service cuts and cost savings over the next 5 years, which will be reallocated to weapons programs. The most significant-but-overlooked item? Not any weapon, but the paperwork jihad: removal of 60%...
* Former Reagan defense official Lawrence Korb offers a plan to cut $1 trillion from Pentagon budget. * How videogames are changing the economy – and reversing a traditional role for military technologies. * South Korea plans to deploy Israeli-made Spike...
* After a bit of a panic, US immigration has extended a deadline for American companies to certify, under penalty of perjury, that they’re not improperly sharing “sensitive” information with foreign workers. The new deadline is Feb 20/11. *...
* $2 billion in Afghan infrastructure projects under the US military’s Commander’s Emergency Response Program [PDF] are in disrepair, according to a report by the Washington Post. See also McClatchey’s ongoing coverage. * Meanwhile, the US Marines...
