The cornerstone of the Army Future Combat System has come under more scrutiny this month with a scathing article in National Defense magazine that shows a key communications program is underperforming and taking too long to bear fruit. The Joint Tactical Radio System has been touted by Army planners as a key ingredient in the […]
From the monthly archives:
April 2007
The investigative arm of Congress released an updated report Friday on the status of the U.S. militarys body armor acquisition efforts and the effectiveness of the armor the services are fielding. The reports were conducted at the behest of the U.S. Comptroller General — the head of the Government Accountability Office after news reports brought […]
I wanted to draw our readers attention to an article we posted this morning over at the main Military.com news site about a drive in the Senate to force the Army into a competition for a new standard-issue carbine. I had a long conversation with a top aide to Sen. Tom Coburn whos concerned over […]
After a week of rigorous and at times heated debate here at DT, I thought it might be good to use The Sunday Paper to remind us that we’re all on the same team (except for those who read this site who are on the other team, of course). So, without further ado … atten-hut! […]
As we previously reported he would, astrophysicist Stephen Hawking got a taste of weightlessness yesterday courtesy of a Zero Gravity Corporation modified 727. According to MSNBC.com, “the jet carrying Hawking, a handful of his physicians and nurses, and dozens of others first flew up to 24,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean off Florida. Nurses lifted […]
