The Pentagon has been toying around with limited-run, prototype drones for decades. So how did the U.S. military suddenly have a small fleet of Predator robotic planes at the ready after 9/11? Aviation Week says the answer lies with Tom Cassidy, the maverick chief of Predator-maker General Atomics. “We’re going to tell General Atomics to […]
From the monthly archives:
May 2005
Good news, blimp boys: the Air Force is slowly starting to line up behind a plan to put airships on the edge of the atmosphere. According to Inside Defense, a 90-day Air Force study has concluded that there would be “military utility” in putting blimps, balloons, and drones in near space — between 65,000 and […]
Sooooo sneaky. The Pentagon is working with North Dakota researchers to turn man-made stones into hidden sensors, Technology Trends notes. RFID sensors… will be installed in fake little rocks. These ‘rocks,’ which will be the size of golf balls, will be sent from an aircraft and will detect enemies by ‘listening’ to them from 20 […]
On this Memorial Day, the Military.com family is encouraging everyone to click on over to Packages from Home. As many of you know, American troops in the field often have to dig into their own pockets to buy the most basic supplies — stuff like sun screen and Gatorade mix and good t-shirts. Packages from […]
Finally… In an airplane hangar north of Fort Worth, technicians are preparing to mount a fire-hydrant-shaped device onto the belly of an American Airlines Boeing 767. It is an effort that could soon turn into a more than $10 billion project to install a high-tech missile defense system on the nation’s commercial planes. The Boeing […]
