* A Western defense official, quoted by Reuters after last week’s NATO summit establishing a renewed spearhead force, has the quote to wrap up last week: “In some ways, we are solving a non-existent problem because we can’t solve the existing...
BREAKING: Fly Dubai charter from Bagram with ~100 Americans on board forced to land in Iran [Washington Post], escorted by fighter jets, for “incorrect” flight plan. Reports say that Iran offered to have the plane return to Bagram, but there wasn’t...
* The heads of separatist movements in Eastern Ukraine said [Deutsche Welle] they’d be ready to order a ceasefire if an agreement is reached during talks in Belarus [The Guardian], following somewhat conflicting statements from Kiev and Moscow. It’s hard...
* DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office (TTO) is asking for information [FBO RFI] on who might help develop robotic servicers to be deployed in and near geostationary Earth orbit for spacecraft inspection and relocation jobs. They’d like to know whether a...
* The Pentagon demands ‘fair prices’ [National Defense] from commercial vendors. Define “fair.” Director of Defense Pricing Shay D. Assad wants to pay market prices regardless of the cost of dealing with DoD’s burdensome contracting:...
