Defense
The U.S. Air Force is deploying a squadron of F-22s to Japan within days, a show of confidence that the service has identified the cause of oxygen problems that have forced pilots of the stealth fighters to fly only at lower altitudes and remain within 30 minutes of a landing strip. – Defense News
About 13% of the $6.7 billion the Pentagon is slated to spend between fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2017 for fighting improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is still up for grabs, with no contractor chosen yet, according to an Aviation Week Intelligence Network analysis of data provided by Avascent 050, an online market analysis toolkit for global defense programs. – Aviation Week
Cybersecurity
The Senate is poised to take up comprehensive cybersecurity legislation as soon as this week, after years of discussion among lawmakers and a compromise that critics allege undercuts the effort to prevent a crippling cyberattack against the nation. – Washington Post
Nuclear Weapons
Some previously classified U.S. nuclear weapon-related information will be made available to the public following a period of assessment on classification standards by the U.S. State, Defense, and Energy departments, according to a February letter by the State Department’s head of information programs – Global Security Newswire
Missile Defense
44 is set to approve the appointment of a one-star admiral to replace Army Lt. Gen. Patrick J. O’Reilly, who is leaving early as director of the Missile Defense Agency after a critical Pentagon inspector general report concluded he had intimidated subordinates and demoralized the key strategic defense agency. – Washington Free Beacon
