eMedicine
Rapid advances in technology during the past two decades have combined with Defense Department and Veterans Affairs efforts to modernize …
Programs & Technology
Front End of the Kill-Chain
On June 4, 2010, a Northrop Grumman-owned BAC 1-11 launched from the company’s ES3 (Electronic Systems) Flight Test Facility at …
Triple Threat: The Marine Corps Triad of Ground Fires Strategy
In his late February 2010 testimony on the posture of the United States Marine Corps, presented to the United States …
Full Rate Production Begins on Enhanced Army 5.56 Round
ATK has begun full rate production on the U.S. Army’s new M855A1 5.56mm Enhanced Performance Round (EPR) [See “New U.S. …
Front Range
Forward deployed naval forces now have a sophisticated Portable Undersea Training Range (PUTR) that can go where naval assets are …
Reserve Component Test Pilots Wring Out Aircraft
At a test center in the American West that has mostly escaped public notice, military pilots are wringing out two …
Return of the Military Airship
Airships, blimps, aerostats, balloons, dirigibles, zeppelins – once aloft, these very different lighter-than-air (LTA) platforms look very much alike. They …
And . . . Action!
A Marine squad on patrol emerges from a narrow street and into a courtyard with a crowded open market. As …
Wake Turbulence
The global aerospace defense sector continues to experience much more than a “moderate chop” as 2010 unfolds. The worldwide economic …
DARPA’s One-Shot Sniper System Moves Forward
At the same time that the U.S. military is moving forward with enhancements to its sniper capabilities, parallel technology development …