* US Air Force General Paul J. Selva testified yesterday in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee for his nomination as commander of USTRANSCOM. He’s currently heading Air Mobility Command, TRANSCOM’s biggest component by far. He seemed confident...
* Reuters reports that titanium originating from China was found in some US aircraft and may also have been used in SM-3 missiles, in violation of the Berry Amendment. The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) raised years ago the issue [PDF] that documentation...
* Airbus wants to grow in the US through helicopter and space programs. They seem to rule out short-term large acquisitions. Reuters | National Defense. Ukraine * The quote of the day comes from Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk: “Germany’s dependence on...
* Ng Eng Hen, Singapore’s Minister for Defence, presented a full-spectrum vision of what his country’s defenses might look like in 2030. In a nutshell: highly technological, and highly integrated. North Korea Still Bad to the Bone Marrow * The Pentagon...
* Crimea is to set up its “own” law enforcement and security services, according to Russia’s state-funded RIA Novosti, which also claims [in Russian], without noting any apparent contradiction, that the Crimean Supreme Council submitted a request to...
