

| Kaiserslautern Delegation Tours Arsenal |
| New USF-I Commander Visits COB Basra |
| Soldier Earns Cross for Valor |
| Gates Wages a Budget War and a Gamble At the heart of U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates's new gambit lie two bold guesses: first, that his budget cuts and force reductions will do more good than harm; and second, that Congress, the White House and even the public will accept the sacrifices and dig no deeper into warfighting capability. |
| Saudis Want Raytheon AESA Radar on F-15s A major sticking point on the sale by the U.S. of 84 new F-15S strike-fighters to Saudi Arabia is the degree of sophistication of the long-range aircraft's radars. |
| Afghanistan Drives Pentagon Fuel Deals The Pentagon spent about $4.8 billion on fuel and liquid propellants in 2009, making them the third-highest expense for the U.S. military last year, according to an Aerospace DAILY analysis of federal contracting data provided by the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting. |
| DARPA Eyes Crowd-Sourcing to Generate Ideas Looking beyond the aerospace and defense industry for more than just inspiration, the Pentagon's advanced research arm wants to tap a wider population for ideas ranging from spacecraft software to military vehicles. |
| BAE-Northrop GCV Hybrid Drive a Gamble Executives for BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman acknowledge that U.S. Army leadership is somewhat split on the benefits of a hybrid-electric drive for the service's new Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV), but they say their bid featuring such a system is worth the gambit. |
| Member of the Month: Allie Trevillian Allie Trevillian has been an Army wife since her husband, Spc. James Trevillian, enlisted in September 2006. James is an information technology specialist with the 3rd Army's G-6, or chief information office, at Fort McPherson, Ga. |
| Vehicles Drive Pentagon Purchasing The Pentagon shift in focus from Iraq to Afghanistan last year did little to blunt the military's appetite for ground vehicle acquisition. |