Jan Tegler

Jan Tegler is a writer/broadcaster from Severna Park, Md. His work appears in a variety of international publications on subjects ranging from business and finance, military affairs and motorsports to wrist watches, aviation and automotive reviews for magazines including AutoWeek, The Economist, Flight Journal, and International Watch. He is the author of the book Boeing’s Brilliant Bomber – The B-47 Stratojet from McGraw-Hill and acts as a regular host on two syndicated radio programs, Jazz Straight Ahead and Capital Conversation.

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‘Killer’ Military App Could Allow Remote Targeting Via Smartphone University of Missouri engineers develop remote targeting/tracking apps for smartphones

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Research is under way that could turn the ubiquitous smartphone into a critical link in the kill chain of the modern battlefield.

Engineers from the University of Missouri (MU) College …

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Capt. Francis Morley

DMN Q&A: Capt. Francis Morley, NAVAIR Program Manager, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler PMA-265 program manager says IRST is on track for the Super Hornet

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Capt. Francis Morley, NAVAIR’s Program Manager for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler (PMA-265) says the Navy’s infrared search and track system (IRST) is on course for a 2016 …

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Meal, Ready-to-Eat Field Testing

Ready To Eat! Thirty Years of the MRE – Part Six New processing technologies and the coming of ketchup and mustard

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In the final installment of our series on the Meal, Ready to Eat and its 30 years of history we look to the future to see what’s in store in …

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German Soldiers and U.S. Marines Exchange Rations

Ready To Eat! Thirty Years of the MRE – Part Five Wondering what the other guys eat

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In part five of our series on the 30th anniversary of the MRE we come to one of the most intriguing aspects of this very American ration – how it …

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Meals, Ready-to-Eat

Ready To Eat! Thirty Years of the MRE – Part Four MRE entrees – the favorites and the failures

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It turns out that the three previous installments in our series on the 30th anniversary of the “Meal, Ready To Eat” were not enough to get our arms around this …

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First Strike Ration

Ready To Eat! Thirty Years of the MRE – Part Three Field-stripping, First Strike Rations, and the Humanitarian Daily Ration

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Thirty years of history, including employment in at least five conflicts, are behind the “Meal, Ready-to-Eat.” So far we’ve outlined a few of the many challenges that the Combat Feeding …

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E 2D Advanced Hawkeye 2

The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Stays On-Track

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A decade into the effort to renew and enhance the Navy’s critical airborne battle management command and control platform, the E-2 Hawkeye, Northrop Grumman’s new E-2D is on track for …

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Soldier Meal, Ready-to-Eat MRE Evaluation

Ready To Eat! 30 Years of the MRE Part 2 Part 2

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Keeping the MRE current and in-step with warfighter needs and preferences is a constant challenge for the relatively small Combat Feeding Directorate. Based in Natick, Mass., at the U.S. Army’s …

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Meals, Ready-to-Eat (MREs)

Ready To Eat! 30 Years of the MRE Part 1: A new kind of ration

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For the last three decades, and for at least as many generations of warfighters, the individual combat ration known as the “Meal, Ready-to-Eat” or MRE has been a staple of …

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ATAC Kfirs in formation

Outsourced Flight Support: Airborne Tactical Advantage Company

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The second in our series on outsourced flight support profiles Airborne Tactical Advantage Company, better known as ATAC. As in the first profile, we take a look at how this …

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