Army Exploring M110 Semi Automatic Sniper System (SASS) Improvements
In much the same way that the U.S. Marine Corps is exploring potential enhancements to its current 7.62 x 51 …
Programs & Technology
Finland’s Hamina-class Fast Attack Craft Combines Stealth With Firepower
Finland has a large coastline and hundreds of islands, and just a small Navy to protect the littoral waters in …
Interview with Rear Adm. Thomas Rowden: BMD, FFGs, New Weapons and the Fleet
Rear Adm. Thomas Rowden is the director for Surface Warfare on the Chief of Naval Operations Staff (OPNAV N96), and …
Interview with Rear Adm. Thomas Rowden: Priorities, and DDG 1000
Rear Adm. Thomas Rowden is the director for Surface Warfare on the Chief of Naval Operations Staff (OPNAV N96), and …
Army Refines ‘Vigilant Pursuit’ Concept
A recently released “sources sought” document reflects further refinement of the U.S. Army’s “Vigilant Pursuit” concept. Designed to decrease the …
The Air-launched Munitions Market
From the first combat aircraft of World War I to the early days of the Korean War, the most-used and …
Marines Seek Machine Gun Rail Space Enhancement
While U.S. real estate appears to remain an uncertain proposition, the tactical “rail estate” market has never been hotter, as …
Netherlands, Rheinmetall Explore Ammunition Options for Urban Operations
Part I of this series reflected on the “unintended consequences” of defense reductions, spotlighting how the elimination of the remaining …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Building and Deploying the U.S. Navy’s Missile Fleet – With Urgency
For anyone younger than those of the baby boomer generation, it is impossible to fully understand the urgency the Cold …
‘Unintended Consequences’ on the Horizon?
People use terminology involving “the law of unintended consequences” to describe how the alteration of one aspect of a complex …