Former Vietnamese refugee takes command of the 187th Airborne Infantry Hot off the presses: US government’s new COIN manual Solar power that doesn’t suck? Badass: The story of Vulcan 607 Air Superiority 101 and other thoughts about blowing stuff up from the air Pooh Bear F-15 launch, followed by a prompt arrest –John Noonan
From the monthly archives:
February 2009
Welcome to the 2nd edition of The Weekly Buzz. In this episode, DoD Buzz Editor Colin Clark and contributor Greg Grant talk about breaking news on Pentagon acquisition chief John Young’s replacement, the JLTV protest denial, turning Marines into SOF-like units, the satellite intel gap and what a surge could do for Afghanistan. DoD Acquisition […]
Join us in about an hour for the next edition of “The Weekly Buzz.” You can call in if you’d like and ask questions about the week’s news coverage from DoD Buzz, Defense Tech and Military.com. We’ll be discussing the JLTV protest denials, the Afghanistan surge, DNI’s intel panel and Mattis’ new Corps structure with […]
The FBI announced recently it considers cyber attacks to be the third greatest threat to the security of the United States. The only two preceding it are nuclear war and weapons of mass destruction (WMD). This was recently stated by Shawn Henry, assistant director of the FBI’s cyber division. A cyber attack is typically inexpensive […]
The Pentagons acquisition community breathed a huge sigh of relief when the Government Accountability denied protests to the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Program award by Northrop Grumman and Textron. If this major program protest had been upheld it might well have brought Pentagon acquisition efforts to a slow and painful grind, even slower and more […]
