<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Defense Tech &#187; Logistics</title> <atom:link href="http://defensetech.org/category/logistics/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://defensetech.org</link> <description>The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:47:32 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Counterfeit Parts Found on P-8 Posiedons</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/08/counterfeit-parts-found-on-new-p-8-posiedons/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/08/counterfeit-parts-found-on-new-p-8-posiedons/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:12:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Acquisition Reform]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Extra! Extra!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eye on China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Logistics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15268</guid> <description><![CDATA[Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich) just dropped a couple of very alarming tales during a hearing about counterfeit parts making their way into brand new U.S. military weapons. Earlier this year, Boeing and the Navy found that the ice detection system on a brand new P-8 Poseidon was defective. 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FOBs in Iraq and Afghanistan are made from Hesco barriers sometimes stacked three or four high. 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The concept got a boost in 1986 when Sigourney Weaver donned an oversized [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2010/09/30/robot-armor-cage-match-in-the-works/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>46</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Interrogative Texaco</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2007/10/22/interrogative-texaco/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2007/10/22/interrogative-texaco/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:35:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>murdoc</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Logistics]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2613</guid> <description><![CDATA[More than a few years ago while at 20,000 in the middle of the Med I finished a fuel check and told my trusty nose-gunner, Jim “Rev” Jones “We’re fat on gas…2k above ladder”. Rev, who cut his early cruise teeth in F-4 Phantoms off USS Midway, said “You’re never fat on gas”. After that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2007/10/22/interrogative-texaco/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>16</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CYA Pentagon-Style</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2007/08/02/cya-pentagon-style/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2007/08/02/cya-pentagon-style/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:01:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>paisley</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Logistics]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3652</guid> <description><![CDATA[The lead story at Military.com this morning adds a bit of clarity to why the Pentagon ordered mothballed Tomcats to be crushed into little bits: They were covering their asses. A GAO report issued yesterday states that roughly 1,400 parts that could be used to fix F-14s were sold in February. These sales happened after [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2007/08/02/cya-pentagon-style/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>19</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Reconstruction Teams to the Rescue!</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2007/05/16/reconstruction-teams-to-the-rescue/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2007/05/16/reconstruction-teams-to-the-rescue/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 12:16:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>murdoc</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Logistics]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2521</guid> <description><![CDATA[Provincial Reconstruction Teams tasked with rebuilding ruined infrastructure and institutions are trying to take the lead in the U.S. strategy to stabilize Iraq and Afghanistan. But the PRTs’ seemingly peaceful missions belie the extreme dangers they face every day, with security concerns often hobbling their efforts to make a significant impact. 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Among NSRDEC’s missions is the research, development, testing and engineering of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2007/02/20/army-chow-tradition-of-fine-dining-goes-high-tech/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>26</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ice And Lemon With That?</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2006/11/28/ice-and-lemon-with-that/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2006/11/28/ice-and-lemon-with-that/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:01:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>jimmy_wu</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Logistics]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2294</guid> <description><![CDATA[You may talk of gin and beer When you’re quartered safe out ‘ere An’ you’re sent to penny fights and Aldershot it But when it comes to slaughter You’ll do your work on water An’ you’ll lick the bloomin’ boots of ‘im that’s got it Some things have not changed since Kipling wrote Gunga Din [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2006/11/28/ice-and-lemon-with-that/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>25</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>No Blood for… Solar Power?</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2006/09/12/no-blood-for-solar-power/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2006/09/12/no-blood-for-solar-power/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:06:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator></dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Gadgets and Gear]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Logistics]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3288</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last Thursday, the Christian Science Monitor reported on an unusual memo from the staff of Marine Corps Maj. 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