Kevin Coleman — Defense Tech Cyberwarfare correspondent There have been many articles and speeches made about the necessity to assess and secure the critical infrastructure of the United States. In fact Capital Hill even held hearings and proposed legislation about this matter. The General Accounting Office has even gone out an assessed the security of some […]
From the monthly archives:
October 2010
Pivoting off our post last week from Military.com founder Chris Michel who got a ride in a U-2, we learned that yesterday Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic company accomplished another milestone in its quest to open up space to commercial flight. Virgin Galactic’s space tourism rocket SpaceShipTwo achieved its first solo glide flight Sunday, marking another […]
By Kevin Coleman — Defense Tech Cyberwarfare correspondent Programmable logic controllers, SCADA systems and other computerized control systems have become common throughout our critical infrastructure. The demand for computerized industrial control within the United States is expected to exceed $16 billion by the end of 2011. These devices have been a target of opportunity for […]
Defense Tech friend and sometimes contributor Bob Cox, who works for the Fort Worth Star Telegram and writes for their Sky Talk blog, forwarded a post today that’ll make Osprey haters jump for joy. According to a mishap investigation stemming from an in-air engine failure near Kirtland Air Force Base in March, the V-22 has […]
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Or that’s what Crazy Ivan thinks… In a story from Russian media, the defense ministry announced a planned test shoot of its poor performing SS-NX-30 Sub-Launched Ballistic Missile. The new nuke can carry up to 12 warheads with a 150kt yield each. And it looks as […]
