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  1. Conflict-of-interest rules affecting DoD contractors prompt Northrop Grumman to sell TASC consulting unit RT @nytimes http://bit.ly/1Fldtc
  2. By next year, 10% of US Air Force combat squadrons will be equipped with UAVs. RT @Strategypage http://bit.ly/315yas
  3. Stryker brigade in Afghanistan loses 21 vehicles and 25 soldiers from IED attacks in just 3 months - RT @Strategypage http://bit.ly/F6NKg
  4. It's getting tense in the contracting world RT @govdigest Former DoD official warns against 'global war on contractors' http://bit.ly/2juqJD
  5. Good news for Oshkosh Truck RT @vschen FOX Sports to have M-ATV as backdrop this weekend.
  6. NationalDefense tweeps, thanks for the #FollowFriday shoutouts.
  7. How Boeing's new production line in South Carolina could boost its Air Force KC-X tanker bid - RT @thedewline http://bit.ly/4ieZLO”
  8. Aerospace industry optimistic about progress achieved in military biofuels - http://tinyurl.com/ycbyqbm
  9. #FollowFriday Energy security, green technology, renewable energy @NavalEnergy @NDIA_Green @OperationFree @GTDaily
  10. DHS testing a new high-tech radio for emergency first responders. Weighs about 2 lbs, costs $4K-$6K @dhsscitech http://bit.ly/dhsmultiband
  11. Federal agencies trying to convince universities to expand their curriculum to focus on government procurement @govexec http://ow.ly/zyNE
  12. Army's robot-repair shop in Iraq: 'We fix robots in four hours or less' http://ow.ly/zxIg
  13. If you want to know how DoD spends its research-and-development dollars, read this post from 'Budget Insight' - http://ow.ly/zxC2
  14. Air Force seeks UAS volunteers, announces policy change. Interested commissioned airmen have until Nov 20 to sign up. http://bit.ly/1BsGwM
  15. DoD spokesman Morrell says Gates wants to thank Oshkosh workers. The plant is ramping up from 46 trucks in July to 1,000 p/month by Dec.
  16. SecDef Gates will visit Oshkosh Truck Corp. on Nov 12. The Wisconsin plant makes the all-terrain MRAP (M-ATV) truck for Afghanistan war.
  17. Close friendship between SecDef Gates and SOS Clinton not enough to avert interagency turf & money wars RT @TheCable_FP http://j.mp/3ih51B
  18. Study: Probability of 9/11-scale event about 7% in nxt 10 yrs. But terrorists are very tough 2 predict RT @FAScientists http://bit.ly/1pxgTw
  19. @TimothyS Gotcha, thanks for forwarding article.
  20. @TimothyS Haven't been following that. What makes it reek?