This article first appeared in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report. The Defense Department is kicking off a program to design, build and demonstrate prototypes of the Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System (JATAS) to protect U.S. Navy and Marine Corps helicopters and tiltrotor aircraft from dumb and smart weapons. The two current competitors are Lockheed […]
From the monthly archives:
November 2009
Bet you all didn’t realize I was an expert on everything from the F-22 to Military Working Dogs, huh? Well, Fox News sniffed me out and threw me a bone this morning on the story of that precocious pooch Sabi– the Aussie EOD dog that went on a 14 month Walkabout in Uruzgan. They should clearly […]
In case you all haven’t seen it, we have a proof of life that the Osprey has indeed landed in Helmand (though I can’t tell if 10 have actually landed — or maybe it’s shot on the same set as the American moon landing was staged…?) I did notice that the Remote Guardian system is […]
I’m set to post a new story on Military.com with exclusive details on which units have received the two different camo patterned uniforms the Army is experimenting with in Afghanistan. Defense Tech is the first site to reveal this information, which comes from a quick interview this morning with PEO Soldier’s Col. Bill Cole. According […]
Yesterday parts of Brazil and Paraguay suffered some of the most serious electrical blackouts in 25 years, including the brief failure of a hydroelectric plant. But officials there claim sabotage wasn’t the culprit and release this incongruous statement: Electricity system operators said that there was no evidence of sabotage and that the most likely cause […]
