The Army Takes Another Look at VTOL UAS
Given the rapidly expanding tactical capabilities of unmanned aircraft systems, few observers would question the U.S. Army’s tightening embrace of …
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Closing Strength: In Today’s Urban Combat Settings, Soldiers Rely On Strategy, Training, and Pure, Physical Strength To Come Out On Top In Hand-to-Hand Encounters
Master Sgt. Tony Pryor was in a fight for his life. After wounding two combatants during a room-by-room sweep in …
Marine Corps Releases New Amphibious Vehicle RFI
The United States Marine Corps is continuing its search for an amphibious vehicle “that will provide increased force protection, water …
Improvised Electromagnetic Pulse Devices: Operational Concepts and Targets
The threat of non-state actors using Improvised Electromagnetic Pulse Devices (IEMPDs), discussed in Part 1 and Part 2 of this …
SAIC Fires Three Key Executives in IT Scandal
Like many other large American corporations, defense contractor SAIC has placed a lot of emphasis on ethical business conduct as …
Challenge in Transition
Of all the presentations at the 2011 Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition in Washington, D.C., perhaps the most interesting was the …
Joint Tactical Radio System Ground Mobile Radio (JTRS GMR) Contract to Expire
In what may be the latest expansion of defense vernacular, senior U.S. Army leadership has confirmed a “graceful termination” of …
Combat Controller Robert Gutierrez Receives Air Force Cross
In a ceremony attended by hundreds at Hurlburt Field, Florida on Oct. 27, Staff Sgt. Robert Gutierrez was presented with …
Interview with Frank W. Pace, President, Aircraft Systems Group, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
Frank W. Pace is president, Aircraft Systems Group (ASG), General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI). His group manufactures, supports, and …
Improvised Electromagnetic Pulse Devices: Enabling Technologies and Skills
Virtually everything in modern society today relies on computerized electronics, which means that any weapon capable of causing disruption in …