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  • US Defense officials announce fiscal 2013 budget priorities

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    American Forces Press Service
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:17 am
    Spending priorities in the forthcoming fiscal year 2013 defense budget request call for reductions in the end strength of the Army and Marine Corps, an increase in special operations forces and maintaining the number of big-deck carriers, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said here today. The Pentagon's budget topline request is set at $525 billion for fiscal 2013 with an additional $88.4 billion for overseas contingency operations -- mostly in Afghanistan. This is down from $531 billion and $115 billion, respectively, in this fiscal year. Defense Department officials used the new defense…

  • Politics Of Defense Cuts: Emphasize The Positive | Fox News

    Bing: Defense
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:23 am
    The Pentagon is preparing to tighten its belt, but with an election-year battle looming in Congress and on the presidential campaign trail, Defense ...

  • Rapid Fire 2012-01-27: FY13 DoD Budget Guidance

    DID: Department of Defense News, Procurement, Acquisition & Contracting, National Security Policy
    Joe Katzman
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:15 am
    Top Pentagon officials gave a briefing yesterday on major budget decisions ahead of the FY13 President Budget request coming on Feb. 13. Highlights among the outlined priorities [PDF]: A relatively stable topline at $613.4B, made of a $525B baseline plus $88.4B overseas contingency operations (OCO). The former is a couple billion dollars below the FY10 actual budget and reflects a 5% decrease from the FY12 request, but in reality is just $6B below what DoD ended up getting last year. The OCO funds are 25% lower than last year’s $117.8B request but they remain at a pretty sizable level…

  • LCS Program Manager Under Investigation

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    29 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    The program manager for the Littoral Combat Ship’s sea-frame is under investigation following allegations of “inappropriate personal behavior,” the Navy said Friday. Capt. Jeff Riedel has been temporarily reassigned pending the outcome of...

  • SECDEF: F-35B Good, Industry Must Pinch

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    26 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said recently industry has to do more to control costs with weapon systems when he formally announced work on an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter variant will no longer be on hold. Panetta visited Naval Air Station Patuxent River...
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  • Guest column: Defense cuts imperil our security - Cincinnati.com

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:30 am
    Fox NewsGuest column: Defense cuts imperil our securityCincinnati.comThe defense cuts proposed under the debt ceiling deal would leave the US with far fewer options for confronting an Iran armed with the bomb. Congress has already cut $450 billion from the Pentagon budget. And last year Congress failed to reach a new Israel says Iran 'drifting' toward nuke goal lineSan Francisco ChronicleIsrael says world faces urgent challenge to stop Iran from 'drifting' into Washington PostHow Iran could beat up on America's superior militaryChristian Science Monitorall 3,467 news…

  • Pees picked to run Ravens' defense - Annapolis Capital

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:28 am
    Annapolis CapitalPees picked to run Ravens' defenseAnnapolis CapitalBy AARON WILSON, Landmark News Service By AARON WILSON, Landmark News Service OWINGS MILLS - Once upon a time, Dean Pees served as defensive coordinator at Miami (Ohio), where he coached a young, determined defensive back named John Harbaugh.Ravens retain Cam, promote PeesCSNwashington.comWho is Dean Pees? A Closer Look at the Ravens' New D-CoordinatorThe Purple Chaosall 81 news articles »

  • Broncos hire Jack Del Rio as defensive coordinator - Denver Post

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:43 am
    CBS LocalBroncos hire Jack Del Rio as defensive coordinatorDenver PostBy Lindsay H. Jones The Broncos on Friday hired Jack Del Rio to replace Dennis Allen as the team's defensive coordinator, reuniting Fox with his first defensive coordinator from Carolina. Denver also hired strength and conditioning coach Luke Richesson Jack del Rio lands Broncos defensive coordinator gigPro Sports ColoradoBroncos hire Del Rio to run defensePro Football WeeklyBroncos Hire Del Rio To Head Up The DefenseCBS Localall 279 news articles »

  • Late Surge, Strong Defense Helps Wolves Past Spurs 87-79 - Timberwolves.com

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:23 am
    Timberwolves.comLate Surge, Strong Defense Helps Wolves Past Spurs 87-79Timberwolves.comMinnesota not only put the game away late with clutch free throws and drives to the lane, but they played clutch defense—holding the Spurs to 2-for-11 shooting in the final seven minutes of the game. “We're confident—real confident,” Love said.Timberwolves surprise the SpursBradenton Heraldall 281 news articles »

  • US may rely on aging U-2 spy planes longer than expected - Los Angeles Times

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:11 pm
    Los Angeles TimesUS may rely on aging U-2 spy planes longer than expectedLos Angeles TimesThe Pentagon has proposed delaying a plan to replace the U-2s with RQ-4 Global Hawk drones because of Defense Department cutbacks. By WJ Hennigan, Los Angeles Times Wars have come and gone. But for more than half a century, the CIA and US military have Pentagon Will Slow JSF Buys, Cancel Global Hawk Block 30Aviation International NewsDefense to cut ties with spy planesSignalDoD Proposes Cancellation of Global Hawk, Could End Andersen's Role in ProgramPacific News CenterDefense Systemsall 235 news…
 
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  • Rapid Fire 2012-01-27: FY13 DoD Budget Guidance

    Joe Katzman
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:15 am
    Top Pentagon officials gave a briefing yesterday on major budget decisions ahead of the FY13 President Budget request coming on Feb. 13. Highlights among the outlined priorities [PDF]: A relatively stable topline at $613.4B, made of a $525B baseline plus $88.4B overseas contingency operations (OCO). The former is a couple billion dollars below the FY10 actual budget and reflects a 5% decrease from the FY12 request, but in reality is just $6B below what DoD ended up getting last year. The OCO funds are 25% lower than last year’s $117.8B request but they remain at a pretty sizable level…

  • The US Navy’s Mobile Landing Platform Ships (MLP)

    Joe Katzman
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:27 am
    MLP concept (click to view full) Converteam picked for propulsion & power system; Ships named; Keel laid; Article updated. (Jan 19/12) The Montford Point Class Mobile Landing Platform is intended to be a new class and type of auxiliary support ship, as part of the US Navy’s Maritime Prepositioning Force of the Future (MPF-F) program. They’re intended to serve as a transfer station or floating pier at sea, improving the U.S. military’s ability to deliver equipment and cargo from ship to shore when friendly bases are denied, or simply don’t exist. That’s very…

  • AMRAAM: Deploying & Developing America’s Medium-Range Air-Air Missile

    Joe Katzman
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:33 am
    AIM-120C from F-22A (click for test missile zoom) SLAMRAAM updates; AIM-120D contract; AIM-120D testing & status; 2013 budget may be good news for AIM-120D. (Jan 26/12) Raytheon’s AIM-120 Advanced, Medium-Range Air to Air Missile (AMRAAM) has become the world market leader for medium range air-to-air missiles, and is also beginning to make inroads within land-based defense systems. It was designed with the lessons of Vietnam in mind, and of local air combat exercises like ACEVAL and Red Flag. This DID FOCUS article covers successive generations of AMRAAM missiles, international…

  • From Dolphins to Destroyers: The ScanEagle UAV

    Joe Katzman
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:13 am
    ScanEagle launch (click to view full) USMC contract; RQ-21 replacement draws closer. (Jan 25/12) ScanEagle’s base Insight UAV platform was originally developed by Washington state’s Insitu, Inc. to track dolphins and tuna from fishing boats, in order to ensure that the fish you buy in supermarkets is “dolphin-safe”. It turns out that the same characteristics needed by fishing boats (able to handle the-water environment, low infrastructure launch and recovery, small size, 20-hour long endurance, automated flight patterns) are equally important for naval operations from…

  • Timely Defenders: Keeping Patriots in Shape

    Joe Katzman
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:38 am
    Patriot system (click for explanation) Contract & error. (Jan 17/12) The USA’s MIM-104 Phased Array Tracking Radar Intercept On Target (PATRIOT) anti-air missile system offers an advanced backbone for medium-range air defense, and short-range ballistic missile defense, to America and its allies. This article covers domestic and foreign purchase requests and contracts for Patriot systems. It also compiles information about the engineering service contracts that upgrade these systems, ensure that they continue to work, and integrate them with wider command and defense systems. The…
 
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  • US Defense officials announce fiscal 2013 budget priorities

    American Forces Press Service
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:17 am
    Spending priorities in the forthcoming fiscal year 2013 defense budget request call for reductions in the end strength of the Army and Marine Corps, an increase in special operations forces and maintaining the number of big-deck carriers, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said here today. The Pentagon's budget topline request is set at $525 billion for fiscal 2013 with an additional $88.4 billion for overseas contingency operations -- mostly in Afghanistan. This is down from $531 billion and $115 billion, respectively, in this fiscal year. Defense Department officials used the new defense…

  • Smart phone technology takes leap to battlefield

    US Navy
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:43 am
    A joint demonstration involving multiple defense agencies and several aerospace companies proved that smart phone technology can be used to improve battlefield awareness. A tactical digital network, featuring advanced digital radios, hand-held cellular smart phones, a helicopter-mounted “cell tower in the sky” and a boarding party in the Chesapeake Bay recently completed a joint interoperability demonstration. “This is a big deal because until recently, we’ve not been able to communicate between devices in a tactical networked environment without extensive preplanning and…

  • Small Tactical Unmanned Air System Executes Early Operational Capability

    US Navy
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:36 am
    Marines witnessed the first flight of the service's newest small unmanned aircraft Jan. 22 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. As part of the RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) Early Operational Capability (EOC), personnel from Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 2 and 3 and Insitu operators exercised the current configuration of Insitu’s Integrator for the two-hour maiden flight. “The lessons learned from this flight and all operations that will be conducted at Twentynine Palms are invaluable,” said Lt. Col. John Allee,…

  • ‘Carl Gustaf’ Weapon Extends Soldiers’ Lethal Reach

    US Army
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:23 am
    With the need for Soldiers in Afghanistan to engage the enemy at longer distances, Picatinny Arsenal has completed an initial training and fielding of a weapon for traditional Army units previously used only by special operations commands. The Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System, or MAAWS, also known as the M3 Carl Gustaf, has been in the United States Special Operations Command inventory since 1991. However, the unique capabilities of both the system and its ammo led to a forward operational assessment, known as a FOA. The MAAWS has similarities to the AT4 shoulder-fired,…

  • Royal Navy Pilots Train for Aircraft Carrier Landings

    UK Ministry of Defence
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:58 am
    The deck of the new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers may be the size of four football pitches and supported by the best part of 65,000 tonnes of steel but, from three miles (5km) out, when viewed through the BAE Systems simulator at Warton, it's tiny and the target area for landing looks even smaller. Add in your 150-knot (278km/h) speed, a keen wind, a rolling sea state, a touch of mist, a black night, and you can see why landing an aircraft on a ship is probably the most difficult task most pilots will ever face. Welcome to the deck of one of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft…
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  • Secretary Napolitano Unveils National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security

    25 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today unveiled the Obama administration’s National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The Department of Homeland Security is committed to facilitating legitimate trade and travel, while preventing terrorists from exploiting supply chains, protecting transportation systems from attacks and disruptions, and increasing the resilience of global supply chains.

  • Secretary Napolitano Highlights DHS' Progress in 2011

    23 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    WASHINGTON—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano on Monday toured operations and received briefings at DHS facilities in the National Capital Region. The Secretary toured Transportation Security Administration and Customs and Border Protection operations at Washington Dulles International Airport, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Cyber Crimes Center in Virginia, the Secret Service’s James J. Rowley Training Center in Beltsville, Md. and the FEMA IMAT and the Fairfax USAR team in Herndon, Va. - highlighting the major steps the Department has taken this…

  • Readout of Secretary Napolitano’s Remarks at the National Sheriffs’ Association 2012 Winter Conference

    19 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today delivered remarks at the National Sheriffs’ Association 2012 Winter Conference highlighting the Department’s progress over the past three years working together with state and local law enforcement to build a safer, more secure and resilient nation.

  • Secretary Napolitano Meets with State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement on Countering Violent Extremism

    18 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today joined Attorney General Eric Holder and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan at the White House to meet with senior state, local and tribal law enforcement officials to discuss the Obama administration’s Strategic Implementation Plan for Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the United States—released in December—and engage them on the critical task of preventing violent extremism in their communities. Attendees included sheriffs and chiefs of police from…

  • Readout of Secretary Napolitano’s Participation in Panel Discussion Hosted by the Aspen Homeland Security Group

    17 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today joined former National Security Advisor General James Jones and former CIA Acting Director John McLaughlin in a panel discussion to highlight the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) work with international partners to strengthen global travel and trade networks, secure cyberspace, and combat global threats.
 
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  • Former Recruiter Pens Inspirational How-To Guide

    8 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    When it comes to shaping the face of the armed forces, few people have as significant and direct a role as the recruiters who fill the ranks.

  • Pentagon: Affordability Not a War on Profit

    7 Dec 2011 | 6:00 pm
    Business as usual -- including record profits and high overhead and labor rates -- could shift in the defense industry as it adjusts to new buying practices taking root at the Pentagon.

  • Experts: Big Defense Programs Will Live

    5 Dec 2011 | 6:00 pm
    What will the post-2013 U.S. defense budget look like? Big programs like the Lockheed Martin F-35 and USAF Long Range Strike (LRS) family of programs will survive, albeit with some cutbacks.

  • Defense Spending Continuing Resolution Looms

    28 Nov 2011 | 6:00 pm
    Prospects for wrapping up the defense spending bill for fiscal 2012 by the Dec. 16 deadline are dimming.

  • Lawmakers Could Agree on Easy $2B in Cuts

    2 Nov 2011 | 7:00 pm
    A U.S. House-Senate conference committee working out differences in fiscal 2012 defense appropriations would start in complete agreement on $1 billion in cuts to investments, be very close on another $1.4 billion, and less than 10 percent apart on about $500 million.
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  • US Affirms Commitment to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

    Richard_Dudley
    21 Jan 2012 | 3:15 am
    US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced Friday that the United States remains committed to the further development of the Marine Corps’ version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, effectively removing the F-35B from the probation announced by former secretary Gates.

  • Cassidian, Rheinmetall form Unmanned systems’ JV

    admin
    20 Jan 2012 | 2:19 pm
    Rheinmetall and Cassidian are pooling their Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) activities in tactical, Medium-Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAS and cargo loading systems. The newly announced cooperation will consolidate the offering of the two companies to gain customer support.

  • America’s Misguided Foreign Policy Encourages Iran’s Quest for Hegemony

    David Eshel
    20 Jan 2012 | 9:09 am
    The biggest threat from a nuclear Iran is Teheran's becoming an 'invincible' power in the Middle east, protected by home made yet effective 'nuclear deterrence'. Most vulnerable would be the Arab countries and Gulf States with Suni majority. Israel will remain a side show in such inter-Muslim conflict

  • U.S. & Canada Defense Update

    News Desk
    19 Jan 2012 | 10:40 am
    +$900 Million for AN/TPY-2 Radars | Boeing Selected to Continue Ground-Based Ballistic Missile Defense System Support

  • Russia & CIS Defense Update

    News Desk
    19 Jan 2012 | 10:38 am
    New AWACS Plane Enters Russian Air Force Service | India to get Russian aircraft carrier by December | Vietnam Receives Su-30 Fighters | Russia Upgrades RS-18 With a New Warhead | Russia to complete delivery of 21 helicopters to Afghanistan by July | Repairs on Russian sub to take a year | Mexico Orders Three Mi-17V-5 Transport Helicopters
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  • From the Hill to lobbying

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:22 am
    Citizens for Ethics in Washington found that former lawmakers have received $1.9 million in revenue from lobbying clients that they funded with taxpayer dollars when sitting in Congress.

  • Honeywell's outlook falls short of forecasts

    28 Jan 2012 | 1:13 am
    Honeywell International Inc., the maker of turbochargers, digital flight controls and hardhats, predicted first-quarter profit that trailed analysts' estimates as the global economy weakens.

  • One lane open each way at water man break near Sikorsky Aircraft

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:03 pm
    Robert Berthelson discusses Connecticut's involvement in the Civil War at the next meeting of the Stratford Historical Society, Friday, Jan.

  • Base-closing proposal 'dead on arrival'

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:49 pm
    President Barack Obama plans to ask Congress to authorize a round of base closings, the Defense Department announced Thursday, but members of the state's delegation say they won't approve it and many of their colleagues won't either.

  • Raytheon 4Q profit up; expects weaker 2012

    27 Jan 2012 | 12:29 pm
    Raytheon Co. said Thursday that fourth-quarter profit rose 18 percent, but sales fell and the defense contractor forecast lower earnings per share in 2012.
 
 
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  • Navy wants commando ‘mothership’ in Middle East

    Craig Whitlock
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:57 pm
    The Pentagon is rushing to send a large floating base for commando teams to the Middle East as tensions rise with Iran, al-Qaeda in Yemen and Somali pirates, among other threats. In response to requests from U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, the Navy is converting an aging warship it had planned to decommission into a makeshift staging base for the commandos. Unofficially dubbed a “mothership,” the floating base could accommodate smaller high-speed boats and helicopters commonly used by Navy SEALs, procurement documents show. Read full article…

  • Clinton: Done with the ‘high wire’ of politics. Really.

    Karen DeYoung
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:49 pm
    Like President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she hasn’t been watching the Republican primary debates. But at least Clinton has an excuse for tuning out — she says she’s quitting government after the election no matter who wins. Read full article >>

  • Pentagon budget set to shrink next year

    Craig Whitlock
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:12 pm
    The Pentagon budget will shrink slightly next year for the first time since 1998, the Obama administration said Thurs­day, in an attempt to chip away at the federal deficit while reorienting the armed forces toward Asia. Read full article >>

  • Advice to presidential hopefuls: Details matter

    Walter Pincus
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:33 pm
    Of all people, presidential candidates should check their facts before making accusations or promises on the campaign trail, particularly when dealing with sensitive foreign policy or defense spending issues. Read full article >>

  • Navy SEALs rescue kidnapped aid workers Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted in Somalia

    Karen DeYoung, Greg Jaffe
    25 Jan 2012 | 6:12 pm
    U.S. Special Operations forces rescued an American hostage and her Danish colleague in Somalia early Wednesday in the kind of daring raid that the Obama administration has said will be the hallmark of future U.S. military missions. Read full article >>
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    Homeland Security News

  • FBI plans social network map alert mash-up application – BBC

    Homeland Security NTARC News
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:07 am
    The FBI is seeking to develop an early-warning system based on material “scraped” from social networks. It says the application should provide information about possible domestic and global threats superimposed onto maps “using mash-up technology”. The bureau has asked contractors to suggest possible solutions including the estimated cost. Read More This story comes to us [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. FBI plans social network map…

  • Emergency In Your Area? Public Alerts On Google Maps Shows Warnings

    Homeland Security NTARC News
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:45 am
    Google announced a new layer of data being added to Google Maps for public alerts. If there are emergency alerts in your area, Google will show them to you on the map, with more details on the alert.You can access it over at google.org/publicalerts. The map will load with a layer of data on top [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. Emergency In Your Area? Public Alerts On Google Maps Shows Warnings

  • DHS: Secretary Napolitano Unveils National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security

    Homeland Security NTARC News
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:03 am
    Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today unveiled the Obama administrations National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The Department of Homeland Security is committed to facilitating legitimate trade and travel, while preventing terrorists from exploiting supply chains, protecting transportation systems from attacks and disruptions, and increasing [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. DHS:…

  • London 2012 – London prepares for severe Olympic terror threat

    Homeland Security NTARC News
    25 Jan 2012 | 9:57 am
    British security officials are reportedly planning for the terror threat at this summer’s London 2012 Olympics to be severe – meaning an attack is considered ‘highly likely’. According to this article, Home secretary Theresa May is taking the responsibility of delivering a ‘safe and secure Games’, with the security budget already in excess of £1 [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. London 2012 – London prepares for…

  • FBI: Jailed Terror Plotter Wanted Witnesses Slain

    Homeland Security NTARC News
    25 Jan 2012 | 9:48 am
    A North Carolina man sentenced to prison recently as part of a homegrown terrorist ring has been accused in a federal court document of plotting to kill witnesses who testified against him at trial. An affidavit unsealed in federal court Monday accuses Hysen Sherifi of plotting against the witnesses from his jail cell. Authorities say [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. FBI: Jailed Terror Plotter Wanted Witnesses Slain
 
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  • Pundits Seek Clarity On DoD's Industrial Base Plans

    29 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Budget analysts are questioning just how the Pentagon is seeking to protect the defense industrial base in its forthcoming defense budget proposal. When Defense Secretary Leon Panetta previewed the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2013 budget proposal to...

  • Schwartz: C-27Js May Go Into Storage

    29 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    The Air Force may place its soon-to-be retired C-27Js in storage, its chief of staff said Friday. In a briefing with reporters, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said the two possibilities for the C-27Js are known as Type 1000 and Type 2000...

  • LCS Program Manager Under Investigation

    29 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    The program manager for the Littoral Combat Ship’s sea-frame is under investigation following allegations of “inappropriate personal behavior,” the Navy said Friday. Capt. Jeff Riedel has been temporarily reassigned pending the outcome of...

  • Asia-Pacific Strategy Exposes Navy Shipbuidling Plan To Criticism

    29 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    The Obama administration’s focus on expanding the military presence in the Asia-Pacific likely spared the Navy from taking any major hits to its shipbuilding programs, but plans to delay construction on some vessels beyond the next five years could...

  • DEFENSE WATCH

    29 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    The Latest Word on Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Sequestration Foe. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) is fighting the $600 billion in added long-term defense cuts that could start next year under the so-called sequestration process...
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  • Army Issues New Policy On UAS Use In National Airspace

    19 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    The Army Jan 13 issued Directive 2012-2, a supplemental policy requiring Federal Aviation Administration authorization to operate unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System. Army Secretary John McHugh wrote in a memorandum that the Army...

  • Tech Developments

    17 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Smiths Detection Introduces Portable, High-Speed Chem Detector Smiths Detection this week added a new product to its detection portfolio, the GUARDION portable chemical identifier that combines high-speed, high-resolution gas chromatography (GC) and a...

  • Briefing

    17 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    The General Services Administration, through a requirement from the U.S. Air Forces Central, plans to award a sole-source contract for four Z Backscatter Van Military Trailers to American Science & Engineering [ASEI]. No date was given for when the award...

  • Air Force Developing Cyber Vision 2025 Study to Include S&T Needs

    17 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    The Air Force is developing a long-range vision document for cyber space to identify and analyze current and forecasted capabilities, threats, vulnerabilities and consequences across core Air Force missions in order to identify key science and technology...

  • Cubic in Canadian Light Rail Pilot for Explosives and Rad Detection

    17 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    In an effort aimed at demonstrating that surveillance systems, detection technologies and communications systems can be integrated for counter-terrorist applications to public transit, the Canadian government is sponsoring a pilot project with Mobile Detect...
 
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  • Asia-Pacific Strategy Exposes Navy Shipbuidling Plan To Criticism

    29 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    The Obama administration’s focus on expanding the military presence in the Asia-Pacific likely spared the Navy from taking any major hits to its shipbuilding programs, but plans to delay construction on some vessels beyond the next five years could...

  • LCS Program Manager Under Investigation

    29 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    The program manager for the Littoral Combat Ship’s sea-frame is under investigation following allegations of “inappropriate personal behavior,” the Navy said Friday. Capt. Jeff Riedel has been temporarily reassigned pending the outcome of...

  • Schwartz: C-27Js May Go Into Storage

    29 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    The Air Force may place its soon-to-be retired C-27Js in storage, its chief of staff said Friday. In a briefing with reporters, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said the two possibilities for the C-27Js are known as Type 1000 and Type 2000...

  • Icahn's Move On Oshkosh Corp. Board Thwarted, Early Election Returns Show

    29 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Oshkosh Corp. [OSK] Friday said that a challenge by investor Carl Icahn to add new blood to its board has been beaten back based on the preliminary proxies turned in to the independent Inspector of Elections at the company’s annual meeting. Oshkosh said...

  • Profits Up, Sales Down For Raytheon In Fourth Quarter; 2012 Guidance Down

    26 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Raytheon [RTN] yesterday posted strong earnings results in its fourth quarter despite a drop in sales but the company, similar to its big name competitors, offered relatively flat sales and lower earnings guidance for 2012. Net income was up sharply, 18...
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  • A Basic Mistake That Trashed a JSTARS

    John Reed
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:08 pm
    Imagine flying, along with 20 or so fellow aircrew, in an Air Force E-8C Joint Surveillance Targeting and Attack Radar System (JSTARS) jet for a mission to track down insurgents planting roadside bombs in Iraq or Afghanistan. You’ve just taken off from your base in Qatar but before you can go scan the ground for [...]

  • MoH-level Valor Leads to a Robot Hand

    Ward
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:50 am
    I had a chance to sit down with Medal of Honor recipient SFC Leroy Petry a couple of days ago while participating in the AFCEA West 2012 conference in San Diego.  Like all who’ve received the nation’s highest award for valor, his story of courage under fire is amazing.  (Read more about him in Military.com’s [...]

  • Hot Docs: DoD’s 2013 Budget Briefing Documents

    John Reed
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:57 pm
    Here’s where you’ll see the weapons programs are going to thrive going forward and the types that won’t (barring Capitol Hill getting involved, which you’ve always got to factor in). Below you’ll the Pentagon’s basic budget documents that the DoD has released to coincide with the budget rollout that we’ve been live Tweeting. The first [...]

  • Navy Getting Very Close to UAV Aerial Refueling

    John Reed
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:39 am
    So, the Navy just took a big step toward achieving the military’s goal of having UAV’s capable of mid-air refueling. Last month, a Navy Learjet equipped with flight control software and refueling hardware from the service’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator jet autonomously completed a mock air-to-air refueling from a Boeing 707-based tanker (shown [...]

  • Pics of the Day: X-47B From Above

    John Reed
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:48 pm
    Speaking of Northrop Grumman-made UAVs, check out these new photos of Northrop’s stealthy X-47B. The downward-looking pics show the plane — designed to test out how to operate a fighter-sized, stealthy UAV from an aircraft carrier — flying from an angle I’d never seen before. They make it look all the more badass, even if [...]
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  • US 'bunker-buster' not powerful enough against Iran

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:46 am
    Washington (AFP) Jan 27, 2012 The US military has concluded that its largest conventional bomb is not capable of destroying Iran's most heavily fortified underground facilities suspected to be used for building nuclear weapons, The Wall Street Journal reported late Friday. But citing unnamed US officials, the newspaper said the military was stepping up efforts to make it more powerful. The 13.6-ton "bunker-buster" b

  • US to send floating commando base to Mideast

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:46 am
    Washington (AFP) Jan 28, 2012 The US military plans to send a large floating base for commando teams to the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran and intensifying fighting in Yemen, The Washington Post reported Saturday. Citing unspecified procurement documents, the newspaper said the Navy is converting an aging warship it had planned to decommission into a makeshift staging base for the commandos in response to req

  • Rockets hit Pakistan academy near bin Laden home

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:46 am
    Abbottabad, Pakistan (AFP) Jan 27, 2012 Attackers on Friday fired rockets at Pakistan's top military academy, damaging its outer wall in a major security breach near the home where Osama bin Laden lived for years, officials said. No one was hurt in the pre-dawn attack and it was unclear who fired the nine rockets from behind a mosque in mountains overlooking the Kakul academy, Pakistan's equivalent of West Point 30 miles (50 kilom

  • Sanctions take their toll on ordinary Iranians

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:46 am
    Tehran (AFP) Jan 28, 2012 A raft of Western economic sanctions on Iran over its controversial nuclear programme are increasingly stifling the lives of ordinary Iranians, hit by rising inflation and growing isolation. EU and US banking sanctions put in place 18 months ago, and reinforced on Monday, have fuelled Iran's runaway inflation and triggered a collapse in the value of the rial, with implications for the countr

  • US seeks greater military ties with China

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:46 am
    Washington (AFP) Jan 27, 2012 The US commander handling Asia on Friday called for greater military relations with China, saying that dialogue between the Pacific powers has not advanced beyond broad strategic issues. Admiral Robert Willard, head of the US Pacific Command, voiced satisfaction that military dialogue has continued despite frequent storms in US-China relations but said that talks generally focused on compari
 
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  • Brigadier General Heidi V. Brown promoted to rank of Army Major General

    13 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am
    Army Brig. Gen. Heidi V. Brown was promoted to the rank of Major General during a ceremony Jan. 13, 2012 at Redstone Arsenal, Ala. Lt. Gen. Patrick J. O’Reilly, director of MDA, and Lt. Gen. Robert P. Lennox, deputy chief of staff, G-8 U.S. Army, officiated the ceremony.

  • MDA Exceeds Combined Federal Campaign Goal

    11 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am
    The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has exceeded its 2011 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) goal by 20 percent. Employees throughout the Agency contributed $553,762 to the CFC campaign, which resulted in an $80,000 increase over the MDA’s 2010 contributions.

  • Ribbon Cutting Marks Grand Opening of Von Braun III Facility

    6 Oct 2011 | 6:00 am
    Army Lt. Gen. Patrick J. O’Reilly, Missile Defense Agency director, officiated at a ribbon cutting ceremony today marking the grand opening of the Von Braun III facility on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala. The 839,873 square foot facility has office space to accommodate 2,649 positions and is the largest single building on Redstone Arsenal.

  • THAAD Initial Operational Test and Evaluation Conducted

    5 Oct 2011 | 6:00 am
    The BMDS Operational Test Agency (OTA) conducted, with support of the Missile Defense Agency, an operational test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) on Oct. 5, 2011, 1:56 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii. Soldiers from Alpha Battery, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, under the operational control of the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command operated the THAAD system.

  • Ground Test Demonstrates Phased Adaptive Approach

    29 Sep 2011 | 6:00 am
    The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) successfully completed a ground test involving several distributed Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) elements.  Data collected during the test, conducted September 12-16, demonstrated BMDS Phase 1 capabilities of the Phased Adaptive Approach to defend European allies and deployed forces from ballistic missile threats by simultaneously executing multiple theater engagements.
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  • US Defense officials announce fiscal 2013 budget priorities

    American Forces Press Service
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:17 am
    Spending priorities in the forthcoming fiscal year 2013 defense budget request call for reductions in the end strength of the Army and Marine Corps, an increase in special operations forces and maintaining the number of big-deck carriers, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said here today. The Pentagon's budget topline request is set at $525 billion for fiscal 2013 with an additional $88.4 billion for overseas contingency operations -- mostly in Afghanistan. This is down from $531 billion and $115 billion, respectively, in this fiscal year. Defense Department officials used the new defense…

  • Smart phone technology takes leap to battlefield

    US Navy
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:43 am
    A joint demonstration involving multiple defense agencies and several aerospace companies proved that smart phone technology can be used to improve battlefield awareness. A tactical digital network, featuring advanced digital radios, hand-held cellular smart phones, a helicopter-mounted “cell tower in the sky” and a boarding party in the Chesapeake Bay recently completed a joint interoperability demonstration. “This is a big deal because until recently, we’ve not been able to communicate between devices in a tactical networked environment without extensive preplanning and…

  • Small Tactical Unmanned Air System Executes Early Operational Capability

    US Navy
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:36 am
    Marines witnessed the first flight of the service's newest small unmanned aircraft Jan. 22 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. As part of the RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) Early Operational Capability (EOC), personnel from Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 2 and 3 and Insitu operators exercised the current configuration of Insitu’s Integrator for the two-hour maiden flight. “The lessons learned from this flight and all operations that will be conducted at Twentynine Palms are invaluable,” said Lt. Col. John Allee,…

  • ‘Carl Gustaf’ Weapon Extends Soldiers’ Lethal Reach

    US Army
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:23 am
    With the need for Soldiers in Afghanistan to engage the enemy at longer distances, Picatinny Arsenal has completed an initial training and fielding of a weapon for traditional Army units previously used only by special operations commands. The Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System, or MAAWS, also known as the M3 Carl Gustaf, has been in the United States Special Operations Command inventory since 1991. However, the unique capabilities of both the system and its ammo led to a forward operational assessment, known as a FOA. The MAAWS has similarities to the AT4 shoulder-fired,…

  • Royal Navy Pilots Train for Aircraft Carrier Landings

    UK Ministry of Defence
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:58 am
    The deck of the new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers may be the size of four football pitches and supported by the best part of 65,000 tonnes of steel but, from three miles (5km) out, when viewed through the BAE Systems simulator at Warton, it's tiny and the target area for landing looks even smaller. Add in your 150-knot (278km/h) speed, a keen wind, a rolling sea state, a touch of mist, a black night, and you can see why landing an aircraft on a ship is probably the most difficult task most pilots will ever face. Welcome to the deck of one of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft…
 
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    Official Site of the U.S. Air Force Top Stories

  • CSAF: AF will be smaller but superb force

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:06 pm

  • Air Force's cyber leader says communication, information role shifting

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:46 pm
    The Air Force's leader in cyberspace operations and support told communications and information career field members here how emerging technology and the information superhighway are changing their roles and providing them with challenges and opportunities. Lt. Gen. William T. Lord, the Air Force chief of warfighting integration and chief information officer, presented CyberVision 2020, an initiative to transform the communications and information community, during a town hall meeting here Jan. 11 sponsored by Headquarters Air Education and Training Command A6.more...

  • SecAF visits Colorado Springs, highlights budget priorities

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:48 pm

  • AF names support, training, recruiting, maintenance commanders

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:21 am
    More than 580 officers from various Air Force career fields have been selected for mission support, training and recruiting, and deputy maintenance group command, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced. Using squadron commander candidate lists released in November, wing hiring officials, major command functional managers and Air Force Personnel assignment teams matched candidates to projected command positions, said Jim Playford, of the AFPC developmental and special duty assignments branch. more...

  • Acquisition board approves DEAMS next phase

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:01 am
    The Defense Acquisition Board on Jan. 10 approved the Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System's entry into the engineering and manufacturing development phase, otherwise known in acquisition terms as Milestone B. The purpose of DEAMS, which was initiated in 2003 as a joint effort between the U.S. Transportation Command, the Air Force and DFAS, is to field an accounting system that is auditable and compliant with United States Standard General Ledger standards. more...
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  • Fourth Chinese Navy Type 071 LPD launched at Shanghai Shipyard

    Kobus Savonije
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:45 am
    According to Chinese newspaper "Huantsyu shibao", Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai (part of the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group Corporation, a state owned corporation) held a launch for the fourth Type 071 class LPD. The launch was timed to happen on the Chinese New Year (January 23rd).The name and hull number of the new ship are not known yet.The head of Type 071 class, Kunlun Shan (hull number 998), was launched in December 2006 and commissioned in November 2007.Read more

  • US Making More Powerful Bomb to Hit Underground Facilities‎

    Kobus Savonije
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:32 am
    Pentagon is stepping up efforts to make a bomb capable of destroying Iran's most heavily fortified underground facilities, the Wall Street Journal said on Saturday referring to U.S. officials briefed on the plan.“The 30,000-pound [13,600 kilograms] "bunker-buster" bomb, known as the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), was specifically designed to take out the hardened fortifications built by Iran and North Korea to cloak their nuclear programs,” the daily said.But initial tests indicated that the bomb, as currently configured, would not be capable of destroying some of Iran's facilities,…

  • Sea King chopper replacement delayed again

    Kobus Savonije
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:25 am
    The manufacturer of the air force's new maritime helicopter has told National Defence it will deliver only five test aircraft this year -- opening the door to tens of millions of dollars in fines on a project the auditor general has said is late and over budget.Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is supposed to deliver a "fully mission capable" version of the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter by June or face a further $80 million in contract penalties on top of $8 million the federal government has already levied.Senior defence officials said safety certification of the aircraft is ongoing and it's highly…

  • Pantsir: high-precision weapon of 21st century

    Kobus Savonije
    28 Jan 2012 | 4:40 am
    Russia's Space Forces will be fully re-equipped with the Pantsir-S1, the S-400 and the Vityaz air defense systems by 2020, Defense Ministry spokesman Alexei Zolotukhin told reporters on Friday.Last year, 6 Pantsir-S surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery systems were successfully tested at the Ashuluk and Kapustin Yar firing ranges in Russia. The systems were then used for the first time during two large-scale drills codenamed Military Community-2011 and Union Shield-2011, where Pantsir-S successfully destroyed aerial targets at heights of up to 15,000 meters.Read more

  • Ukraine, Russia to Launch 2 Dnepr Carrier Rockets in 2012

    Kobus Savonije
    28 Jan 2012 | 4:36 am
    Ukraine and Russia will carry out two rocket launches under the joint Dnepr space program, head of the National Space Agency of Ukraine Yuri Alekseyev said on Friday.Moscow has recently decided to continue the implementation of the joint Russian-Ukrainian program to use decommissioned RS-20 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) in commercial space launches under the Dnepr program.“We are planning to carry out two launches [this year],” Alekseyev told reporters in Kiev.Read more
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  • FBI plans social network map alert mash-up application – BBC

    Homeland Security NTARC News
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:07 am
    The FBI is seeking to develop an early-warning system based on material “scraped” from social networks. It says the application should provide information about possible domestic and global threats superimposed onto maps “using mash-up technology”. The bureau has asked contractors to suggest possible solutions including the estimated cost. Read More This story comes to us [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. FBI plans social network map…

  • Emergency In Your Area? Public Alerts On Google Maps Shows Warnings

    Homeland Security NTARC News
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:45 am
    Google announced a new layer of data being added to Google Maps for public alerts. If there are emergency alerts in your area, Google will show them to you on the map, with more details on the alert.You can access it over at google.org/publicalerts. The map will load with a layer of data on top [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. Emergency In Your Area? Public Alerts On Google Maps Shows Warnings

  • DHS: Secretary Napolitano Unveils National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security

    Homeland Security NTARC News
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:03 am
    Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today unveiled the Obama administrations National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The Department of Homeland Security is committed to facilitating legitimate trade and travel, while preventing terrorists from exploiting supply chains, protecting transportation systems from attacks and disruptions, and increasing [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. DHS:…

  • London 2012 – London prepares for severe Olympic terror threat

    Homeland Security NTARC News
    25 Jan 2012 | 9:57 am
    British security officials are reportedly planning for the terror threat at this summer’s London 2012 Olympics to be severe – meaning an attack is considered ‘highly likely’. According to this article, Home secretary Theresa May is taking the responsibility of delivering a ‘safe and secure Games’, with the security budget already in excess of £1 [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. London 2012 – London prepares for…

  • FBI: Jailed Terror Plotter Wanted Witnesses Slain

    Homeland Security NTARC News
    25 Jan 2012 | 9:48 am
    A North Carolina man sentenced to prison recently as part of a homegrown terrorist ring has been accused in a federal court document of plotting to kill witnesses who testified against him at trial. An affidavit unsealed in federal court Monday accuses Hysen Sherifi of plotting against the witnesses from his jail cell. Authorities say [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. FBI: Jailed Terror Plotter Wanted Witnesses Slain
 
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  • Defense budget preview: Schoenbaum and Mearsheimer, 1982

    26 Jan 2012 | 11:45 am
    This morning, I happened across quite a prescient exchange of letters (pdf, $) from an old issue of International Security. In it, David Schoenbaum and John Mearsheimer discuss and debate various conclusions of the latter man's 1981 review of Brian Bond's British Military Policy Between the Two World Wars, a book that was thought to have been particularly relevant to the force structure and defense budgeting debate of the early 1980s. I hope to spend a great deal more time on this subject in the future (oh boy!), but for now I just want to reproduce a few excerpts that I…

  • Up is down, left is right, and COIN is FID

    16 Jan 2012 | 12:46 pm
    This is a new one: foreign internal defense is the real counterinsurgency.That's what retired colonel and CNAS non-resident fellow Bob Killebrew writes, via Tom Ricks.As U.S. combat forces have withdrawn from Iraq and are scheduled to leave Afghanistan in 2014 -- just twenty-four months from now -- various defense thinkers and publications have declared the U.S. involvement in counterinsurgency (COIN) over. Actually, nothing could be further from reality. The real story is that COIN is still very much alive, in Iraq, the Philippines, Colombia and a dozen other places where the U.S. still has…

  • The world we live in: if you couldn't laugh, you'd have to cry

    13 Jan 2012 | 9:20 am
    This morning the president will announce his intent to streamline the federal government by merging a number of trade- and commerce-related agencies. In order to do so, he is requesting that Congress grant him so-called fast-track consolidation authority; this would allow the president to propose consolidations to the legislative branch and get a clean up-or-down vote within 90 days. No president since Reagan has held this power.As you might imagine, this proposal is expected to be politically contentious. Republicans in Congress are unlikely to accede to the president's demands in an…

  • The COIN wars: B.H. Liddell Hart and T.E. Lawrence edition

    12 Jan 2012 | 2:14 pm
    In 1928, T. E. Lawrence wrote to his friend Basil Liddell Hart on the subject of the latter man's advocacy for what he called the Indirect Approach, a concept that emphasized dislocation of the enemy through rapid, unexpected strategic and operational maneuver and held out the hope of bloodless, battle-free victory.A surfeit of the "hit" school brings on an attack of the "run" method; and then the pendulum swings back. You, at present, are trying (with very little help from those whose business it is to think upon their profession) to put the balance straight after the orgy of the late war.

  • Zorching is the new surging

    12 Jan 2012 | 9:03 am
    At yesterday's Pentagon press briefing, a great deal of time was dedicated to the subject of U.S. naval posture in the USCENTCOM AOR, specifically the Arabian Gulf. A number of journalists pressed Capt. Kirby and Mr. Little about whether the current two-carrier presence (STENNIS and VINSON) is an anomaly, a response to rising tensions in the region, or just coincidental business-as-usual. The spokesmen were slippery. Here's Kirby:And that presence changes all the time.  It fluctuates based on needs and requirements set by the combatant commander and approved by the Joint Staff and the…
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    The Best Defense

  • Parsing the new promotion list for Army 2 stars: There are some good signs here

    Thomas E. Ricks
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:51 am
    By Douglas A. Ollivant Best Defense department of Army-ology Determining the state of cultural change in the Army is not an exact science. However, if you believe, as I do, that "personnel are policy," then who the Army selects as its next generation of senior leaders is an important -- even critical -- indicator. This is not to say that reading any particular promotion list is a clear lens into the inner workings of the Army -- far from it. I once memorably heard it said that interpreting messages from any one promotion list is akin to the old Sovietology of trying to determine who…

  • Obama is on top on foreign policy issues, but unfortunately Americans don’t care

    Thomas E. Ricks
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:34 am
    This is the first presidential election in many decades, I think, in which the Democrats have the upper hand in foreign policy and national security. I have only dim memories of the 1964 campaign, but I recalls Lyndon Johnson having an advantage over Barry Goldwater in that area. Hard to remember that now, in light of how badly LBJ handled the Vietnam War in the following four years. Ironically, Obama is likely only to get a small boost in votes for this, because -- just a bit more than a decade after 9/11 -- Americans frankly don't give a damn about foreign policy, Scarlett. By a 81 to 9…

  • Rebecca’s War Dog of the Week: Memorial for first female handler KIA

    Thomas E. Ricks
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:31 am
    By Rebecca Frankel Best Defense Chief Canine Correspondent On January 12, a bronze plaque was unveiled in front of the kennels at Fort Belvoir bearing the facility's new name: "Sgt. Zainah "Caye" Creamer Military Working Dog Kennels." It was a year ago to the day that Sgt. Creamer succumbed to wounds she sustained in Afghanistan after her unit was attacked by an insurgent's IED. She was the first "female working dog handler to be killed in action during the Iraq or Afghanistan wars." Sgt. Creamer and her detection dog Jofa had deployed to Afghanistan in October…

  • The Air Force chief's 2012 reading list: A C+ for book selection, but overall a B+

    Thomas E. Ricks
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:14 am
    By Lt. Col. Thomas Cooper, USAF Best Defense aviation literature correspondent Earlier this month the Air Force released the Chief of Staff of the Air Force's (CSAF) Reading List (CSAF). One of the non-flying things I've looked forward to in the past 16 years of my Air Force career is the CSAF's list. Ever since the first one from General Ron Fogleman in 1996, the list has presented books about the Air Force and its history that I've never heard of. Sadly, when I opened up this year's list, there were no books that I hadn't already heard of or enough that reached back into Air Force heritage…

  • Gingrich: A variant on a drinking game

    Thomas E. Ricks
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:10 am
    Every time the grandiose one says the word "frankly," slap yourself in the forehead. In my experience, it is a verbal tic that means he probably is stretching the truth -- and knows it. (Another of his tics is the word "fundamental" -- every time he does that, grab your crotch. Before he does.)
 
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  • USACE Extols Benefits of Harnessing Ground Source Energy

    Richard Pearsall
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:00 pm
    You don’t have to coax Dan Sirkis into talking about geothermal energy. The chief of the Geo-Environmental Section in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Philadelphia District extols the benefits of geothermal every chance he gets, whether he’s talking to a colonel in the Pentagon, an engineer in the field, or a student at a local high school. And not just for places such as Iceland or Yellowstone National Park where the magma is close enough to provide direct heat and the hot springs burst through and awe the tourists. “When you say ‘geothermal’ people tend to think of places…

  • “Always Ready” – The Coast Guard is America’s Maritime First Responder

    Craig Collins
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:11 am
    Petty Officer Andre Altavilla’s job title is flight mechanic – aviation electrical technician, to be exact – but on Dec. 18, 2010, when rescue swimmer Christopher Austin hauled a fisherman’s limp body from the icy, roiling waters of Washington’s Willapa Bay, it was Altavilla who took the man aboard the rescue crew’s HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and administered the CPR that brought him back to life. Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Kappessar (left) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Chris Smith (right) secure first-responder gear aboard a C-130 fixed-wing aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth…

  • Army: JLTVs, Not Humvees

    Scott R. Gourley
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:34 am
    On Jan. 26, 2012, just a few hours before the U.S. Secretary of Defense began to reveal a range of procurement cuts and difficult program decisions, the U.S. Army released a request for proposal (RFP) for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program. Reflective of the lessons learned over the past decade of war, JLTV is viewed as filling the tactical wheeled vehicle capability gap created by evolving tactical mobility and protection requirements that are not satisfied by the Up-Armored HMMWV. A BAE Systems JLTV variant with…

  • DMN Q&A: Capt. Francis Morley, NAVAIR Program Manager, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler

    Jan Tegler
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
    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 oncourse for a 2016 debut on the Super Hornet. A graduate of the Test Pilot School at NAS Patuxent River, Md., with Class 107, he was picked to be one of three original Navy Test Pilots for the beginning of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Engineering and Manufacturing Development flight test program. Morley was assigned as the Navy’s performance, propulsion and carrier suitability test pilot for the first two years of the Super…

  • F-35 Lightning II in 2011

    bmelanson
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    On Jan. 20, 2012, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta took the F-35B STOVL variant off the probation imposed by former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, lifting the cloud that hung over the STOVL fighter’s future. This week Lockheed Martin released videos of the F-35A’s first night flight, and the 2011 flight test compilation shown here. At year end the number of flights and test points both exceeded the 2011 goals, but there remain significant concurrency challenges to the program due to issues discovered in flight testing, with more expected to arise as the more challenging test…
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    Satellite PR News

  • SkyBitz Expands its Footprint with new Iridium-Based Global Solution

    Artur Slesik
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:25 pm
    SkyBitz(R), the leading remote asset tracking and information management solutions provider, today announced the availability of its first solution that works everywhere on the planet through the world’s furthest reaching communications network, Iridium. SkyBitz and Iridium Communications Inc. jointly developed the SkyBitz GLS9602 modem. It is based on SkyBitz patented Global Locating System (GLS) technology [...]

  • SES-4 Launch Delayed Again

    Artur Slesik
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:19 pm
    Launch of the SES-4 commercial communications satellite scheduled for Jan. 29 has been delayed again until further notice, International Launch Services (ILS) of Reston. SES-4’s launch atop a Russian-built Proton rocket was postponed for “technical reasons,” ILS said.   Source: www.spacenews.com

  • Satellite phone for emergencies installed in Abra

    Artur Slesik
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:15 pm
    The Office of Civil Defense – Cordillera Administrative Region (OCD-CAR) had installed the Thuraya satellite telephone at the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) here last week for use in times of emergencies. The telecommunications facility is issued to the provincial governor to be used by the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council [...]

  • Kosmonauta.net at space-related conferences in Prague and Tallinn

    admin
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:40 am
    In the next few days, Kosmonauta.net will be present at two important astronautical events – the Galileo Application Congress in Prague and NordicBaltsat 2012 in Tallinn. The Galileo Application Congress in Prague (26th-27th of January 2012) is an unique opportunity to learn about the current status of Galileo and merits and limitations of the system. [...]

  • Novelsat’s 3G-Sat Modulation Solution NS3™ is the First to Make Satellite Data Broadcasting Possible at Fibre Level Costs

    Artur Slesik
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:57 am
    Independent live testing of NovelSat’s 3G-Sat modulation technology, NS3™ has shown that, for the first time, broadcasting data via satellite can be accomplished at fibre level costs. The testing was conducted in collaboration with the leading satellite company SES (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) and Satellite Mediaport Services (SMS) of Rugby UK, a [...]
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    Defense Forum at DefenceTalk.com

  • The current state of modern day Piracy and Somalia.

    Eeshaan
    28 Jan 2012 | 3:53 am
    U.S. commandos free two hostages in daring Somalia raid | Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/25/us-somalia-hostages-idUSTRE80O0I220120125) The Navy Seals strike another blow against...

  • What kind of exercise needs to be held in Korea in regard to N.Korea?

    jasonmarz930
    24 Jan 2012 | 11:28 pm
    I heard that U.S-Korea's Marine corps will have a big joint amphibious training in March this year. It has been over 23 years since last TEAM SPIRIT exercise in 1989. 3rd U.S marine expedition...

  • Iveco LMV In Russia

    Feanor
    24 Jan 2012 | 8:40 pm
    Russia has apparently signed a contract with Iveco for 60 M65 Lynx vehicles. They will be delivered in knocked down kits and assembled in Voronezh. The total state defense order planned for the M65...

  • ASW Questions,

    B1RDY
    24 Jan 2012 | 4:04 pm
    ---Quote (Originally by contedicavour)--- Mixing short range SAMs with fast guns into a combined CIWS is becoming quite fashionable lately... Oto Melara of Italy's Finmeccanica has just presented at...

  • Rafale RCS reduction DeDIRA

    nevidimka
    24 Jan 2012 | 2:40 am
    I'm starting to look again into Rafale as this planes has started to become active in world markets with its chances of sale looking strong in India and even Malaysia. I was reading about the...
 
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  • Antonis Samaras Says ‘Resurgence in Relations Between Greece and Russia is Essential’

    admin
    25 Jan 2012 | 5:47 pm
    During the meeting between New Democracy (ND) leader Antonis Samaras and the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergei Ivanov held at the Kremlin, Antonis Samaras emphasized that resurgence in Greek-Russian relations is essential in these crucial times that Greece is facing. Antonis Samaras also thanked Ivanov for his warm reception, adding that friendship still exists between Greek and Russian people, and also between the political representatives of the two countries and the New Democracy and ruling United Russia parties. Moreover, Samaras said that the development…

  • Presentation of the nEUROn stealth aircraft – The Greek participation

    admin
    24 Jan 2012 | 5:09 pm
    The nEUROn, European UCAV technology demonstrator, has been officially presented to the representatives of the six participating countries by Mr. Charles Edelstenne, Chairman & CEO of Dassault Aviation. Mr. Serge Dassault, Honorary Chairman of the company, as well as the representatives of the nEUROn industrial team — Saab (Sweden), Alenia Aermacchi (Italy), EADS-CASA (Spain), HAI (Greece) and RUAG (Switzerland) — attended this ceremony. This presentation is a major milestone after five years of design, development, production, assembly and the first static tests of the nEUROn…

  • Cyprus to become energy bridge

    admin
    24 Jan 2012 | 4:24 pm
    NICOSIA- Cyprus is set to become an energy bridge between two continents — Asia and Europe — with a massive project underway to transfer electricity to the whole of Europe. The project involves the connection of Israel, Cyprus and Greece and consequently the entire European electricity network with an underwater sea cable. It is being undertaken by Dei-Quantum Energy-Cyprus, Public Power Corporation (Dei)-Greece, and state institutions from Israel. The cost of the project will amount to €1.5 billion. Funding will come from Dei-Quantum Energy. “Studies for the ambitious project…

  • Turkish fury at French vote on Armenian genocide

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    24 Jan 2012 | 4:22 pm
    TURKEY has reacted with anger after the French Senate approved a bill making it a crime to deny genocide was committed by Ottoman Turks against Armenians during World War I. The Turkish foreign ministry branded the decision “irresponsible” and threatened swift retaliatory measures. Armenia says that up to 1.5 million people died in 1915-16 as the Ottoman empire split. Turkey rejects the term genocide and says the number was much smaller. The bill will now be sent to President Nicolas Sarkozy to be signed into law, which he is expected to do before the end of February.

  • OXI Day Story Presented at Chinese Wei Jingsheng Foundation

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    24 Jan 2012 | 4:20 pm
    The Greek-American Washington Oxi Day Foundation organized an initiative to present The Oxi Day Story to China, and render the term “OXI!” synonymous with courageous action to defend freedom and democracy. Following the First Annual Washington Oxi Day Foundation Celebration on October 27-28, 2011, the Chinese foundation for democracy Wei Jingsheng hosted the second celebrating event for Oxi Day and proclaimed that those who stand up for democracy and freedom “despite harassment and suppression…imprisonment and even sacrifice of precious lives…say `NO’ to the authority and…
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