The Naval War College held its 61st annual strategy forum earlier this month at Newport R.I. and videos of the various speeches and presentations can be found here on the NWC web site. Some quick hits from the keynote addresses: Speaking to the faithful, CNO Adm. Gary Roughead extolled the importance of the Navy to […]
From the monthly archives:
June 2010
A couple of months ago we brought you a marketing video from Russian company Kontsern Morinformsistema-Agat showing off its Club-K cruise missile which can be hidden inside a shipping container. A Russian news agency report now claims the 3M-54E anti-ship version of the export oriented Club-K missile family is hypersonic, low-observable has a range of […]
DOD Buzz’s Colin Clark reported late Friday that the Air Force’s top buyer, David Van Buren, in a rare on-the-record brief to reporters, said he is none too happy with the progress of Northrop Grumman’s high-altitude, long-endurance RQ-4 Global Hawk drone. Global Hawk was meant to replace the iconic U-2 for long-endurance (more than 32 […]
So, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin watched a test flight yesterday of the Sukhoi built T-50 PAK-FA fighter, nosed around its cockpit, and promptly declared it better than the F-22 Raptor. Now that’s an impressive marketing campaign; although, I’m not sure how much real cred the Putin seal of approval carries. I do know the […]
By Bryant Jordan Defense Tech Chief Investigative Correspondent Private security companies working under Defense Department contracts in Afghanistan are siphoning off some of the best and brightest from that country’s security and police forces, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee says. That’s the finding of a committee investigation into private […]
