Not really…but got you to look, right? My colleague Bryant Jordan ran across this photo and passed it along to Defense Tech just to show how very far we’ve come with ballistic protection. According to a caption from the archival section at Corbis, these garcons are French soldiers of the Army Ordnance Department showing off […]
From the monthly archives:
November 2009
It took more than six months, but the Air Force coughed up some details yesterday on a laser program it’s developing to plink drones and other flying objects from the sky. Out at China Lake in May, a joint team sponsored by the Air Force Research Lab that included the engineers from the Naval Air Warfare Center fired a 2 […]
This article first appeared in Aviation Week & Space Technology. Rather than waiting for the U.S. Army to flight-test the Fire Scout vertical-takeoff unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV), Northrop Grumman is investing heavily in a test program of its own. The company’s impatience may well pay off — when the Army finally makes a decision about […]
Or is it? This guy’s clearly wearing MultiCam and has all the high-speed identifiers that a US trooper would wear. I can’t seem to find a high-rez version of this photo, which itself is a mystery, but given the story that surrounds the photo and context of that area of Afghanistan, I’m leaning heavily toward […]
The first production model F-35B arrived in the ‘hood last Sunday. BF-1 will begin the JSF’s developmental test program in the next few weeks, including vertical takeoffs and landings. Meanwhile DoD reports show the program is behind schedule and over budget – not a good place to be these days (just ask the F-22 or […]
