By Kevin Coleman — Defense Tech Cyberwarfare correspondent Eight years of failed negotiations with Iran. Four rounds of ineffective UN sanctions against Ahmadinejad’s regime. Now all of a sudden the Iranian leadership has said they want to negotiate. What brought this on? Last week at a cyber warfare conference, the notion that the Stuxnet attack […]
From the monthly archives:
October 2010
From Aviation Week’s DTI By putting its $40-billion ground combat vehicle (GCV) procurement plan on hold, the U.S. Army is giving itself a breather to come up with a new strategy for its ground vehicle force. The Army canceled the GCV request for proposal (RFP) this summer and froze funding and development for all major […]
The spec ops community is pinging industry for ideas on a new Combatant Craft Medium Mk-1that is intended to replace the ageing NSW Rigid Hull Inflatable boat made famous by zooming frogmen and riverine units. Defense Tech is checking into the background of this program since the presolicitation on FedBizOpps indicates the program had been […]
From our friends at Aviation Week – Tough economic realities looming in defense spending are casting a shadow over U.S. Marine Corps plans for its ground tactical fleet, which will likely soon see orders trimmed or possibly scrapped. Every program in the corps’ fleet, from Humvees to marine personnel carriers (MPC), is under service scrutiny […]
Everyone knows Marines run to the sound of the guns. But to the silent jolt of a Taser? Yes. Absolutely. Oorah! was replaced with “Taze, me, Bro!” at Marine Corps Base Quantico recently, as Marines lined up to be zapped. Of course, during the Tasing there wasn’t much of anything coherent said, just screams or […]
