U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Evolution of the Standard Missile
It’s the Missile that Hits the Target
The U.S. Navy has a long and largely successful history of shipboard Aegis …
Programs & Technology
First X-47B Carrier Catapult Launch
A video of the U.S. Navy‘s Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS-D) completing the first ever carrier-based …
First X-47B Carrier Catapult Launch
Tuesday, May 14, 2013, has gone down as an historic day for U.S. naval aviation, with the first launch at …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Aegis Weapon System, Missiles, and Launchers
Previous posts have focused on missile defense writ large and on ballistic missile defense more specifically, especially, as in the …
The Girandoni Air Rifle
The alpine region of Tyrol, a borderland between Italians and Germans, has long bred skillful hunters and tough mountain warriors. …
From the P-3C Orion to the P-8A Poseidon
Here’s what “bittersweet” means:
A promising new naval aircraft is taking its place on guard in the Western Pacific but …
Beyond the BRAIN Initiative
Last month the Obama Administration unveiled a research project it hopes Congress will fund to the tune of $100 million …
U.S. Army Materiel Command: Five Decades of Ammo and Weapons Systems
When the U.S. Army Materiel Command stood up more than a half-century ago, a wide range of commands and organizations …
Fast Response Cutters
Just over a year ago, the U.S. Coast Guard’s Fast Response Cutter Program was still a dream in the works. …
U.S. Army Geospatial Center
In 2009, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) reorganized the U.S. Army Geospatial Center (AGC) into a major subordinate …