The first Quadrennial Defense Review I covered also the first QDR there ever was included what I thought was a productive and provocative tool, a panel of outside defense experts who were charged with critiquing the QDR as it went along and basically grading it when it was done. At Wednesdays House Armed Services Committee […]
From the monthly archives:
May 2009
I’d like to call everyone’s attention to a solid posting from our friends at the Soldier Systems blog on the Daniel Defense so-called DDM4. I had the good fortune to speak with Larry Vickers, the brains behind the new M4 entry from the Savannah, Ga.-based Daniel Defense at SHOT and I’ve got to say, while […]
“China’s carrier has gone to sea” was the headline of one Asian newspaper. The event — the story implied — marked the long-awaited operational debut of the former Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag. In reality, the ship got underway with harbor tugs providing the power, moving the ship from a pier in the port of Dalian […]
The $87 billion Manned Ground Vehicle Program will probably be killed this week, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey told the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee Tuesday morning. Army Secretary Pete Geren also clarified one point that is sure to raise the hackles of Sen. James Inhofe the Non Line of Sight Cannon was killed […]
I just got official word from FN Herstal that the company has begun fielding the SoCom Combat Assault Rifle/Mk16 and Mk17 to commandos in April. In a bland release from the company’s PA shop, FN says fielding will continue through the winter of 2009. A source close to the program tells me so far the […]
