My colleague Colin Clark and I stumbled across a cool technology Global Situational Awareness at the Navy League conference. Offered by DRS Technologies, its a geospatial information system that also allows sharing of data from almost any source UAV videos, schematics, photos, SAR, IR etc. on a pretty simple touchscreen. The imported data can be […]
From the monthly archives:
May 2009
The Pentagons top weapons analysts are reportedly arguing that the Navy does not face a fighter gap, something Boeing and various lawmakers have argued is a pressing problem the country must fix. A congressional source tells us that apparently PA&E is convinced that there isnt actually a strike fighter shortfall, while the Navy is convinced […]
A determined enemy approaching alone from the sea may soon find himself intercepted and tracked by a torpedo-shaped drone that will sound an alarm, flash lights and spot his exact location in the water. The model now on display at the Navy League’s Sea Air Space symposium in Maryland, submerged in a water tank and […]
This article first appeared in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report. Stung by criticism in Washington over the VH-71 presidential helicopter program that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to scrap and reassess, AgustaWestland is firing back and arguing, essentially, that there is no reason to start all over. Rather than junking the Increment 1 helos, […]
In the past two weeks I have been able to interact with many public/private and military cyber attack/warfare subject matter experts and lawmakers. The first interaction was at the highly attended InfoWarCon event in Washington, D.C., and the second at the U.S.-China Economic and Security Congressional Commission hearing. It has my experience that highly skilled […]
