On Saturday, 5 December, my wife and I attended the christening at General Dynamics Electric Boat, in Groton, CT, of the U.S. Navy’s seventh and newest Virginia-class fast attack submarine, PCU (and soon to be USS) Missouri, SSN 780. Listening to the speeches, and watching from the partial comfort of an open tent as her […]
From the monthly archives:
December 2009
Watch our coverage of the the House Armed Services Committee hearing, featuring Gen. Stanley McChrystal and Amb. Karl Eikenberry, along with Ward Carroll, Greg Grant, Andrew Lubin, and other guests.
This article first appeared in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report. The U.S. Army is moving forward on its ground combat vehicle (GCV) program with an aggressive timeline and highly defined requirements for survivability, mobility and versatility. The service wrapped up the last of three industry days in Michigan Dec. 3. The first, held Oct. 16 […]
We’re going to live blog the House Armed Services Committee hearing tomorrow morning at 0930 featuring Gen. Stanley McChrystal and Amb. Karl Eikenberry. We’ll have panelists and guests swooping in and out of the CoveritLive-style blog during the hearing, and we’ll also be keeping an eye on the DoD Buzz Twitter feed as Colin Clark […]
We’re running an excellent piece on Military.com today from an embedded reporter who spent time with VMM-261 in Afghanistan. He writes on the air assault mission conducted with MV-22s the other day — Cobra’s Anger — and how it fits into the overall narrative of the program and its track record. The Osprey squadron mainly […]
