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January 2009

An Interview with Winslow Wheeler

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The vulnerabilities, components and processes used to make armor are rarely discussed with reporters, or the general public. Keeping those things secret saves soldiers lives. So when the Armys testing community rolled out the services top armor scientists and allowed us glimpses of the facilities used to make armor as part of our FCS tour […]

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This story first appeared in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report. In the fourth and largest F-22 deployment so far, a squadron of the U.S. stealth fighters has shifted from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, to Andersen AFB, Guam. Another 12 fighters from Langley AFB, Va., flew to Kadena AFB in Okinawa, Japan, earlier this month. […]

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We have a very special online interview coming up tomorrow (Jan. 27) here on Defense Tech. One of the most knowledgable civilians in America on Pentagon budgets and defense spending will be our guest at 1500 EST for an hour-long interview on the current DoD budget, spending priorities and Gates’ testimony on Captiol Hill earlier […]

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You guys might remember that I mentioned I’d met the folks from Milspecmonkey at the SHOT Show a couple weeks ago in Orlando. We’ve run a couple of their gear reviews in the past and I like their “next-gen operator” approach to things. Milspecmonkey has a keen eye for the innovative companies out there finding […]

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