This article first appeared in AviationWeek.com. As the U.S. Air Force gets ready to recapitalize its current combat, search and rescue (CSAR) fleet, service and industry officials are hoping that history will repeat itself and the Defense Department will again realize the importance and need for a more modern dedicated CSAR fleet. Almost immediately after […]
From the monthly archives:
April 2009
The Joint Program Executive Office Joint Tactical Radio Systems (JPEO-JTRS) is developing the Rifleman Radio as part of an effort to bring secure, networking capabilities to the intra-squad level. The Rifleman Radio is interoperable, software programmable and upgradable and employs the Soldier Radio Waveform. It is ruggedized and light, includes a convenient push-to-talk, and a […]
Enter the F-15SE! The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today in St. Louis unveiled the F-15 Silent Eagle (F-15SE), a new F-15 configuration designed to meet the future needs of international customers. “The F-15 Silent Eagle is designed to meet our international customers’ anticipated need for cost-effective stealth technologies, as well as for large and diverse […]
At a naval strategy conference I attended back in 2007, Stephen Carmel, VP of Maersk Shipping, said that while piracy was a problem for regional coastwise trade, it didnt really register for international shipping. There was an unfortunate tendency, he said, to conflate petty thieves in bumboats, something we have been dealing with forever, with […]
Recently I was asked to give a presentation to a large defense contractor working on the issues surrounding cyber warfare. After my presentation, we had a roundtable discussion and the talk quickly focused on the topic of cyber countermeasures to protect supply chain systems. This is one of the areas that deserve a lot more […]
