<?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; The Defense Biz</title> <atom:link href="http://defensetech.org/category/the-defense-biz/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>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:07:13 +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>A Basic Mistake That Trashed a JSTARS</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/27/a-basic-mistake-that-trashed-a-jstars/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/27/a-basic-mistake-that-trashed-a-jstars/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:08:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Deadlies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Defense Biz]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16157</guid> <description><![CDATA[Imagine flying, along with 20 or so fellow aircrew, in an Air Force E-8C Joint Surveillance Targeting and Attack Radar System (JSTARS) jet for a mission to track down insurgents planting roadside bombs in Iraq or Afghanistan. You’ve just taken off from your base in Qatar but before you can go scan the ground for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/27/a-basic-mistake-that-trashed-a-jstars/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>206</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MoH-level Valor Leads to a Robot Hand</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/27/moh-level-valor-leads-to-a-robot-hand/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/27/moh-level-valor-leads-to-a-robot-hand/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:50:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ward</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Gadgets and Gear]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Robots]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Defense Biz]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16181</guid> <description><![CDATA[I had a chance to sit down with Medal of Honor recipient SFC Leroy Petry a couple of days ago while participating in the AFCEA West 2012 conference in San Diego.  Like all who’ve received the nation’s highest award for valor, his story of courage under fire is amazing.  (Read more about him in Military.com’s [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/27/moh-level-valor-leads-to-a-robot-hand/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Six-Engined VTOL Design</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/10/lockheeds-six-engined-vtol-design/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/10/lockheeds-six-engined-vtol-design/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:33:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grand Ole Osprey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Defense Biz]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15977</guid> <description><![CDATA[I was taking a peek at Lockheed Martin big defense contractors’ recent patent filings the other day when I came accross this whopper. A patent for a vertical take-off and landing aircraft with three wings and six tilting engines, notice I didn’t say tiltrotors. Richard Oliver recently told Aviation Week that a DoD customer was interested [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/10/lockheeds-six-engined-vtol-design/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>64</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>China’s Carrier Heads to Sea, Again</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/20/chinas-carrier-heads-to-sea-again/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/20/chinas-carrier-heads-to-sea-again/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:08:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Balance of Power]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China Rising]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eye on China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ships and Subs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Defense Biz]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15742</guid> <description><![CDATA[So, just days after returning to port, China’s first aircraft carrier, the ex-Soviet ship Varyag, is putting to sea again. Check out these photos that supposedly show the ship making her way out of the Dalian shipyard for yet another cruise. Her first time at sea was a very short cruise last August, she returned [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/20/chinas-carrier-heads-to-sea-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>15</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Japan Buying F-35 Joint Strike Fighters</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/20/japan-buying-f-35-joint-strike-fighters/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/20/japan-buying-f-35-joint-strike-fighters/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:41:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[F-35 Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[JSF Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Defense Biz]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15739</guid> <description><![CDATA[So, the F-35 Join Strike Fighter got a major shot in the arm last night when Japan chose the JSF to its next fighter jet. Tokyo decided to buy four F-35A conventional model JSFs next year to kick start its effort to replace two squadrons of ancient F-4 Phantoms. Last night’s news validates reports that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/20/japan-buying-f-35-joint-strike-fighters/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>61</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Before and After Photos of Iran’s Destroyed Missile Base</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/01/before-and-after-photos-of-irans-destroyed-missile-base/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/01/before-and-after-photos-of-irans-destroyed-missile-base/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:42:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Cloak and Dagger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Missiles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Defense Biz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[You can run...]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15556</guid> <description><![CDATA[Check out these photos of Iran’s missile research facility near the town of Bid Kaneh about 30 miles outside Tehran. The picture above shows the facility in September and the photo after the jump shows the base on Nov. 22, almost totally destroyed by an explosion ten days earlier on Nov. 12. That blast killed [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/01/before-and-after-photos-of-irans-destroyed-missile-base/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>71</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Forbes’ Still Calling for Investigation Into GE’s China Deal</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/18/forbes-still-calling-for-investigation-into-ges-china-deal/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/18/forbes-still-calling-for-investigation-into-ges-china-deal/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:20:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Balance of Power]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China Rising]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Civilian Apps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eye on China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Defense Biz]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15421</guid> <description><![CDATA[Below you’ll find the text of Rep. Randy Forbes’ (R-VA) latest letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta asking for the Pentagon to reveiw a proposed joint-business venture between American defense giant GE and China’s state-owned aircraft company, AVIC to develop avionics for China’s new COMAC 919 airliner (shown above). Forbes is concerned that the technolgy [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/18/forbes-still-calling-for-investigation-into-ges-china-deal/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>48</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Will We Really See Future Weapons Gutted? (Updated)</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/16/will-we-really-see-future-weapons-gutted/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/16/will-we-really-see-future-weapons-gutted/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:36:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Acquisition Reform]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[army]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Future Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ground Vehicles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ships and Subs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Defense Biz]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15394</guid> <description><![CDATA[Automatic, “salami slice” cuts to Pentagon budgets may be unlikely despite recent predictions of fiscal doom for the Defense Department should the Congressional supercommittee fail to reach an agreement on debt reduction by next week. First off, supercommittee Chairman, Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Tx.) has come out and said that Congress will likely find a way [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/16/will-we-really-see-future-weapons-gutted/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>69</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pentagon Tester: F-35 is Too Risky to Start Flight Training</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/01/pentagon-tester-says-f-35-is-too-risky-to-start-flight-training/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/01/pentagon-tester-says-f-35-is-too-risky-to-start-flight-training/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:30:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[F-35 Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fast Movers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Defense Biz]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15207</guid> <description><![CDATA[So, the Pentagon’s top weapons tester, J. Michael Gilmore is urging the Air Force to delay the start of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter pilot training by up to ten months in order for the program to accrue more flight hours and therefore reduce the risk of dangerous in-flight emergencies. His memo comes just as the Air Force had [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/01/pentagon-tester-says-f-35-is-too-risky-to-start-flight-training/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>58</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>High Hopes for a Low-Tech Barrier Upgrade</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/12/high-hopes-for-a-low-tech-barrier-upgrade/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/12/high-hopes-for-a-low-tech-barrier-upgrade/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:30:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>philewing</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Infantry Fight]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Logistics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Defense Biz]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=14935</guid> <description><![CDATA[You quite literally cannot go anywhere in the war zone without seeing the ubiquitous Hesco barrier — the fabric and mesh modules filled with earth that defend forward operating bases from bad guys and the elements. FOBs in Iraq and Afghanistan are made from Hesco barriers sometimes stacked three or four high. The units arrive [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/12/high-hopes-for-a-low-tech-barrier-upgrade/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>28</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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