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October 2011

I asked Kevin Coleman, DT’s resident cyber security expert to weigh-in on the keystroke-recording virus that has infected the UAV ground control stations at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada. He gave a very succinct reply. Here it is: “The Drone thing is way overblown! At least this time.  This time it was a keylogger that could […]

So Army aviation officials revealed yesterday at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual conference that they are looking to field a new generation of attack and utility helicopters by 2030. What could that helo look like? Well, Sikorsky has a few ideas on display here that are based on its coaxial rotor technology — […]

Combat wounds and field hospital surgery: There are just so many opportunities for an injury to become infected. And infection, after a traumatic injury itself, is the leading cause of amputations, according to medical officials. The more you can eliminate opportunities for infection the better off the patient is going to be. At the annual […]

The Army’s top aviation officials just offered up a little more detail on the service’s effort to modernize or replace its aging fleet of OH-58 Kiowa Warrior scout choppers, at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual conference here in Washington. Basically, the service hopes to host a flight demonstration — not a fly off […]

The widely anticipated report is finally out from the House of Representatives Cyber Task Force. The twenty page document, written by House Republicans, was released last week and as expected, opinions have begun to fly. One person I spoke with has even called the report “superficial.” Perhaps the best part of the document is where it […]