I’m expecting fashionably-sleek little wings and long, tapered missiles. The Italians are about to start testing a prototype killer drone of their own. Rome-based Alenia Aeronautica is aiming “to fly its new Sky-X unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) technology demonstrator by the end of May,” according to C4ISR Journal. “The 7-meter-long demonstrator which has a […]
April 2005
It’s been nearly three years since Boeing won an Army contract to develop the next generation of military radios. But neither the company nor its government partners have any idea how many billions it’s going to cost, in the end, to build the Joint Tactical Radio System — “Jitters” for short. (I’ve seen estimates as […]
Happy belated Earth Day, enemy combatants! You may be staying here at Guantanamo Bay indefinitely. And lawyers might be a bit tricky to come by. But at least we won’t be burning up a whole lot of oil to keep the lights on when we force you to stay awake! Nope, now we’ve got four […]
Boeing has a whole lot more to worry about today than its weak earnings this quarter. Another giant Boeing defense contract is in deep, deep trouble. First, the company came under fire for its shady, $23.5 billion deal to lease tankers to the Air Force — and fleece $5.6 billion from taxpayers. Then, projected costs […]
Bad news for an already battered Joint Strike Fighter program: the New York Times is starting to throw punches, too. The Joint Strike Fighter is [supposed] to be a jet fighter for all people and all places. For the Air Force, it will land on runways. A version for the Navy will be able to […]
