By Kevin Coleman — Defense Tech Cyberwarfare Correspondent Recently I was conducting some research on critical infrastructure security for the next version of my book, the Cyber Commander’s eHandbook. During that work, I repeatedly encountered a particular threat that increases the risks everyone faces when it comes to critical infrastructure protection and beyond. The issue is […]
From the monthly archives:
September 2011
Prompt Global Strike, the Pentagon’s idea for a weapon that can be launched from the United States and hit a high-value target anywhere on Earth in an hour or less has been around for a while. Some envision this weapon as resembling an ICBM armed with a conventional warhead instead of a nuclear payload. This […]
While on a tour of Boeing’s V-22 assembly line Wednesday, DT learned that Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22 Ospreys performed an impressive combat search and rescue mission in June 2010 — nearly one year before USMC MV-22s rescued the pilot of that F-15E Strike Eagle that crashed in Libya in March. Here are the details […]
RIDLEY PARK, Pa. — The V-22 Osprey is getting an extra 20-knots of speed and more than 1,00-pounds of lift power without any hardware changes, Boeing officials revealed this week. Instead, engineers simply updated the tiltrotor’s software, boosting the Osprey’s max cruising speed to 260 knots, according to Bull Sunick, Boeing’s V-22 business development manager. […]
Imagine a weapon sailing over an enemy city or military target and effectively paralyzing all electronics in its wake while causing almost no physical damage? Sci-fi writers and military planners have dreamed of such things for years. The problem is, the electromagnetic pulse often associated with cooking electronic systems is usually generated by the detonation of a […]
