UPDATE: Unfortunately it looks as if the pilot of the doomed F-22, a Lockheed Martin tester named David Cooley, did not survive the crash. Cooley is a 29 year Air Force veteran and joined LockMart in 2003 as a test pilot. Also, DT commenter Drake wonders if the accident might have had something to do […]
From the monthly archives:
March 2009
Very recently there were two collisions at sea involving submerged nuclear submarines. Strategic missile “boomer” SSBN subs from the UK and France collided while both were submerged out on patrol, and just the other day a submerged U.S. Navy fast attack SSN, USS HARTFORD, collided with a big U.S. Navy amphibious transport dock ship, USS […]
We’re working the details now, but apparently a loose bolt was found in an area near the rotors on deployed MV-22 Ospreys which was worrying enough to Red Stripe the entire fleet. Colin’s banging out all the information he could get in a piece for DoD Buzz, but for now, that’s what I’ve got. Be […]
The Army and senior OSD leadership are debating whether to eliminate all but one of the eight FCS vehicles, a Hill source says. The sole surviving vehicle would be, not surprisingly, the Non Line of Sight Cannon. But the plan being considered would save a relatively paltry $500 million in 2010. As the Hill source […]
Chinese hackers attacked the office computers of Senator Bill Nelson recently sparking a push at recent hearings for more to be done about cyber intrusions, our friend Josh Rogin reports at Congressional Quarterly. The enterprising reporter heard a seemingly throw away line in a hearing last week and dove into the story, uncovering a focused […]
