I’m just fascinated by this stuff According to a report today, DARPA plans to flight test two hypersonic demonstrator vehicles beginning in 2009. There’s been a lot of talk about hypersonics and what the flight regime can and can’t do for civilian and military applications. And finally there’s going to be some proof in the […]
April 2008
Most of the Pentagon’s weapon systems cost much more than they should, are built much more slowly than they could be and the entire system needs fundamental reform. Those were the conclusions of most lawmakers and one senior defense acquisition expert at a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in Washington earlier […]
In a sharp break for a military with long experience wielding the battle-tested AK-47, the Afghan national army is set to replace its entire inventory of Kalashnikov rifles with the American-made M-16. By the end of the year, the U.S. military plans to ship about 55,000 used Marine Corps M-16A2 rifles to Afghanistan with the […]
A great analysis on the tanker deal from my old friend Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute who’s name is “Mud” to pro-Boeing lawmakers… If you want to understand how former allies end up going to war — or former lovers end up getting divorced — take a look at how Boeing and the Air […]
Two highly significant contracts that were awarded by the Department of Defense last week will have great impact on the rapidly increasing role of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in the U.S. armed forces. The first, on 21 April, was for phase one of the Vulture program intended to provide an unmanned aircraft with an endurance […]
