Northrop Grumman roared today, sending out a press release that cuts to the upgraded version of the Hawkeye, Puts 350 U.S. Jobs at Risk. Yesterday, Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.), chairman of the House Armed Services seapower and expeditionary forces subcommittee, issued an adumbrated Navy shipbuilding budget. These and other less public moves seem confirmation that, […]
From the monthly archives:
February 2009
It is getting very tiresome to continue hearing operators in our community complain about how the left wing media the muckrakers the liberals the the blogosphere and their pacifist do-gooder agenda are bringing our industry down and giving us a bad name. Anyone who sits around whining about books or articles or blogs or news […]
This article first appeared at AviationWeek.com. The U.S. Marine Corps is drafting a wish list of capabilities associated with two future unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The first is notionally called the Group 4 UAS, the first of its kind as the Marine Corps shifts from its old “tiered” system of classifying into new groups, according […]
[Editor: I just wanted to post this excellent article written by our colleague Greg Grant over at DoD Buzz as an add-on to my Afghan rant. He has a really helpful dissection of Hybrid Warfare (coined by old DT friend Frank Hoffman) and how the USMil is falling short.] For the past fifty years, the […]
Oh I’m all fired up again. And you guessed it, it’s about Afghanistan. We’re running a story on Military.com about a leaked strategy report on Afghanistan compiled by the office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. They’re arguing that the national goals for Afghanistan should be dialed down, the objectives scaled back and the quest […]
