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  • Does Israel Have Stealthy Black Hawks?

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    John Reed
    15 May 2012 | 10:57 am
    Well, this is interesting. Former Pentagon senior policy analyst F. Michael Maloof claims there might be a lot more of those stealthy Black Hawk helicopters  – the kind famoulsy used in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden last year — out there than has previously been reported. The best part of his claim; the [...]

  • Why Do Terrorists So Often Go For Planes?

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    15 May 2012 | 9:22 pm
    Ever since the Sept. 11 attacks, airports have probably been the most heavily guarded sites when it comes to preventing terrorist attacks.And yet the most recent terrorism plot in Yemen involved an attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner with a bomber wearing a difficult-to-detect explosive bomb in his underwear, according to U.S. officials. Why [...]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. Why Do Terrorists So Often Go For Planes?

  • AGM-158 on F-15E

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    Airborne6250
    15 May 2012 | 10:57 am
    Hi, I have been searching and searching on the internet but I can’t find the answer. Is there a reason behind why AGM-158 is only tested on the STA8 on F-15E? I have searched a lot but can’t find...

  • SASC OK's Kendall To Be DoD Weapons Chief

    Defense Daily :: Market Sectors
    15 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    A Senate panel approved yesterday President Barack Obama’s nomination of Pentagon officials including Frank Kendall to be defense acquisition chief after Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) dropped his objections. The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC)...

  • Confessions of an Adjutant: the sausage-making of awards policies

    Ink Spots
    18 Apr 2012 | 4:48 pm
    I'm a few days late to this discussion, but I wanted the passion surrounding this Air Force Times article on awards to subside a bit before I wrote about it. A soldier may fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon - but that fighting isn't exclusively with the enemy. There are few things soldiers love to argue more about among themselves than awards and fight about it they will. It's such a personal topic, often shrouded in jealousies ("They gave that guy a BSM?!?"), nebulous guidance that leaves awards to commanders with different criteria, rank-based determination of awards, awards…
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  • Giants: No defense, no clutch hitting, no win - San Jose Mercury News

    16 May 2012 | 1:36 pm
    Giants: No defense, no clutch hitting, no winSan Jose Mercury NewsBy Alex Pavlovic apavlovic@mercurynews.com Three numbers stand out in the box score, as they usually do on nights like Tuesday's 5-4 loss to the Colorado Rockies. If this all eventually goes downhill for the Giants, they'll look at those three stats.and more »

  • Missile Defense: Where to put the interceptors? - Washington Post (blog)

    16 May 2012 | 12:21 pm
    The Weekly Standard (blog)Missile Defense: Where to put the interceptors?Washington Post (blog)(The Associated Press) The House is scheduled this week to take up a bill that would require the Pentagon to start work on a missile defense system to protect the East Coast from Iranian or North Korean long-range nuclear missiles.MAD-Men Lawmakers Want to Kill East Coast Missile Defenses Against IranThe Weekly Standard (blog)all 4 news articles »

  • Why The News F-22 Restrictions Ring Hollow - U.S. News & World Report (blog)

    16 May 2012 | 11:50 am
    U.S. News & World Report (blog)Why The News F-22 Restrictions Ring HollowU.S. News & World Report (blog)Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has slapped restrictions on the Air Force's prized F-22 fighter fleet amid safety concerns, but insiders say they aren't that confining. Spurred by warnings after nearly a dozen cases of pilots losing consciousness Defense secretary restricts flights of F-22 RaptorsLos Angeles TimesDefense secretary restricts flight distance for F-22Fort Worth Star TelegramDefense Chief Restricts Stealth Jet Till It Stops Choking PilotsWired NewsWall Street Journalall…

  • Edwards Defense Wraps Up in Trial Over Campaign Funds - Bloomberg

    16 May 2012 | 11:32 am
    Main JusticeEdwards Defense Wraps Up in Trial Over Campaign FundsBloombergLawyers for John Edwards rested their defense today without calling the former presidential candidate to testify at his trial over alleged campaign-donation violations. Edwards's oldest daughter, Cate, who had been scheduled to take the witness stand DOJ Flip-Flopped in Going After Edwards, Defense Says Before RestingMain Justiceall 4 news articles »

  • Defense Rests Without Edwards Taking the Stand - New York Times

    16 May 2012 | 11:12 am
    The Associated PressDefense Rests Without Edwards Taking the StandNew York TimesGREENSBORO, NC — The defense in John Edwards's federal corruption trial rested on Wednesday morning without calling Mr. Edwards, his daughter Cate, or his former mistress, Rielle Hunter, to the stand. Closing arguments are set to begin on Thursday John Edwards's defense rests following medical details about Rielle HunterWashington PostDefense rests without calling Edwards, mistressThe Associated PressEdwards' defense team rests casemsnbc.comABC News -CNNall 2,906 news articles »
 
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  • The US Navy’s Nuclear Propulsion Contracts

    Joe Katzman
    16 May 2012 | 10:33 am
    Latest updates: $150M in contracts to Bechtel, B&W. Basic Nuclear Propulsion (click to expand) This DII Spotlight article covers American nuclear propulsion industrial base contracts since the beginning of FY 2006. The USA has had an all-nuclear submarine fleet for over 50 years, a policy that dates back to the visionary Admiral Hyman Rickover. On the surface, America’s aircraft carriers became an all-nuclear fleet with the retirement of the USS Kitty Hawk [CV 63], and FY 2008-09 spending legislation pushed the US Navy to use nuclear power in its future CG (X) cruisers and new…

  • The Right to Bear Arms: Gunship Kits for America’s C-130s

    Joe Katzman
    16 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    Latest updates: Viper Strikes from Derringer Door; New contract to buy 3 kits and install 7. USMC KC-130J (click to view full) Special Operations Command’s AC-130H/U gunships can lay down withering hails of accurate fire, up to and including 105mm howitzer shells, in order to support ground troops. The Marines also wanted heavy aircraft that could support their Leathernecks on the ground. The bad news was that the Corps could field about 45 KC-130J aerial tankers for the price of a 12-plane AC-130J squadron. Lighter options like the AC-27J “Stinger II” would probably tally…

  • Rapid Fire May 16, 2012: Southern Europe Gets no Comfort

    Olivier Travers
    16 May 2012 | 4:25 am
    Frank Kendall has been confirmed by the US Senate Armed Services Committee as the Pentagon acquisition chief, alongside 6 other nominees including Heidi Shyu at Army acquisition. Back in March SASC Ranking Member Senator McCain had held up their confirmation. A full Senate vote is still needed to finalize the process. The chief and principal deputy acquisition jobs in the Air Force are vacant since David Van Buren’s departure for L-3 Communications. (more…)

  • ER/MP Gray Eagle: Enhanced MQ-1C Predators for the Army

    Joe Katzman
    15 May 2012 | 12:44 pm
    Latest updates: Services contract; Budget winner; Army plans; GAO report; MQ-1C system specs; Industrial partnerships; Budgets 2004-2017. ER/MP, armed (click to view full) In August 2005, “Team Warrior” leader General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. in San Diego, CA won a $214.4 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) of the Extended Range/ Multi Purpose Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System (ER/MP UAS). That was just the first step along the US Army’s $5 billion road to fielding a true Medium Altitude, Long Endurance,…

  • EELV Contracts: After the Merger

    Joe Katzman
    15 May 2012 | 11:01 am
    Latest update: $398M for 2 launches. Boeing Delta IV Heavy (click to view full) The EELV program was designed to reduce the cost of government space launches through greater contractor competition, and modifiable rocket families whose system requirements emphasized simplicity, commonality, standardization, new applications of existing technology, streamlined manufacturing capabilities, and more efficient launch-site processing. Result: the Delta IV (Boeing) and Atlas V (Lockheed Martin) heavy rockets. Paradoxically, that very program may have forced the October 2006 merger of Boeing &…
 
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  • New Book Explores Military Acquisition After World War II

    American Forces Press Service
    16 May 2012 | 11:37 am
    A new book published by the Historical Office of the Secretary of Defense describes changes in military weapons systems acquisition during the 15 years following World War II. “Rearming for the Cold War 1945-1960″ by retired Air Force Col. Elliott V. Converse III is the first in a five-volume series of books focusing on the history of the acquisition of major weapons systems by the Defense Department. The book’s 766 pages contain a detailed examination of military acquisitions during the early years of the Cold War, and they are full of case studies, personality profiles,…

  • Panetta orders Air Force to take further steps on F-22

    Air Force News Agency
    16 May 2012 | 12:41 am
    With safety remaining his top concern, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has ordered the Air Force to take additional steps to mitigate risks to F-22 pilots, George Little, acting assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, said May 15 during a Pentagon news conference. Beginning in 2008, a few pilots experienced hypoxia-like symptoms when flying the aircraft, Little said. Hypoxia is a deficiency of oxygen. There have been a total of 12 cases of these hypoxia-like symptoms affecting pilots. Little said the secretary has followed developments in the F-22 closely and has directed the Air…

  • Russia Does Not Rule Out Preemptive Missile Defense Strike

    RIA Novosti
    16 May 2012 | 12:19 am
    Russia does not exclude preemptive use of weapons against [NATO] missile defense systems in Europe but only as a last resort, the Russian General Staff said on Thursday at a missile defense conference in Moscow. “The placement of new strike weapons in the south and northwest of Russia against [NATO] missile defense components, including the deployment of Iskander missile systems in Kaliningrad region is one possible way of incapacitating the European missile defense infrastructure,” Chief of the General Staff Nikolai Makarov said. Taking into account the “destabilizing…

  • Pentagon restricts F-22 Jet Flights over safety worries

    Agence France-Presse
    16 May 2012 | 12:07 am
    US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has ordered the Air Force to restrict flights of its most advanced fighter jet, the F-22, after some pilots complained of dizzy spells and blackouts, officials said Tuesday. Since 2008, officials say at least a dozen F-22 pilots have reported suffering a lack oxygen but engineers have yet to figure out how to fix the problem. Under Panetta’s decision the F-22 Raptor will no longer be conducting longer-range flights and would instead stay within reach of runways to ensure a pilot could land in an emergency, Pentagon spokesman George Little told…

  • Phoenix Express 2012 Continues Multinational Training

    US Navy
    15 May 2012 | 11:40 pm
    Sailors assigned to guided-missile frigate USS Simpson (FFG 56) participated in a multinational training exercise aboard the Hellenic navy training ship Aris at the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operations Training Center (NMIOTC) in support of exercise Phoenix Express 2012 (PE12) in Souda Bay, Crete, May 12. The training included boarding procedures, proper weapons handling, and engaging compliant and non-compliant ships. It also gave the multinational service members the opportunity to train with other countries and learn to work together. Working together in an environment where security…
 
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  • Eurosatory 2012 – a Compass for the 
Global AFV Market

    News Desk
    14 May 2012 | 5:18 am
    Defense Update provides an insight into the armored fighting vehicle market trends expected to highlight the upcoming Eurosatory 2012 defense expo. Is there a future for main battle tanks? what are the growth areas? Can platforms become lighter?

  • Poland Embarks on Helicopter Acquisition Program Worth up to US$1 Billion

    Tomasz Basarabowicz
    13 May 2012 | 3:46 pm
    The Polish Ministry of National Defense is embarking on the acquisition of a new transport helicopter for the Polish military, at an estimated budget of US$1 billion. The first phase will cover 26 aircraft: 16 new medium transport helicopters for the Army; four ASW and three for Search and Rescue SAR for the Navy and three Combat SAR for the air force.

  • Russia Testing Italian Centauro Wheeled Tanks

    Tamir Eshel
    12 May 2012 | 5:07 pm
    Russia is testing Italy's Centauro ‘wheeled tank’ and considering building it under license. The company has already delivered two Centauro vehicles, the original design with the 105mm gun and another fitted with a Russian 125mm cannon.

  • UK Makes It Official – Back To The F-35B STOVL

    Richard_Dudley
    11 May 2012 | 2:40 pm
    In a much awaited announcement, the United Kingdom has decided to reverse its previous selection and will now focus its efforts on acquiring the Lockheed Martin F-35B Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft instead of the conventional F-35C naval model of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).

  • India to purchase US M777 Howitzers from BAE Systems

    Debajit Sarkar
    11 May 2012 | 10:42 am
    Nearly 27 years after the controversy over the purchase of howitzers from Swedish-based AB Bofors the Government of India approved today the purchase of 145 M77 155/39-caliber howitzers at a total cost of $650 million from BAE Systems.
 
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  • Photo Release -- TigerSwan CEO Honored as Leading Executive

    16 May 2012 | 10:03 am
    RALEIGH, N.C., May 16, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business Leader Magazine recently recognized TigerSwan CEO James Reese as one of the southern region's leading figures in entrepreneurial excellence. Each year the publication highlights a small group of executives who have established innovative, high-performing companies within their respective industries.

  • New Mobile Satellite Service Report Finds KVH is the VSAT Market Share Leader

    16 May 2012 | 6:00 am
    MIDDLETOWN, R.I., May 16, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For the second time in as many months, the mini-VSAT Broadbandsm service from KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq:KVHI) has been recognized as the most widely used maritime VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) service in the world. This conclusion was made in the 8th edition of the "Mobile Satellite Services" report just published by leading international research and analysis firm, Northern Sky Research (NSR).

  • Optex Systems Holdings Announces Quarterly Earnings Results

    16 May 2012 | 6:00 am
    RICHARDSON, Texas, May 16, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Optex Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:OPXS), a leading manufacturer of optical sighting systems and assemblies primarily for Department of Defense applications, reported operating results for the three and six months ended April 1, 2012.

  • Northrop Grumman Increases Quarterly Dividend 10 Percent to $0.55 Per Share

    16 May 2012 | 6:00 am
    FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- May 16, 2012 -- The board of directors of Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.55 per share on Northrop Grumman common stock, a 10 percent increase from the prior quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share. This is the ninth consecutive annual increase in Northrop Grumman's quarterly dividend.

  • Ingalls Shipbuilding Awarded $133.7 Million Advance Procurement Contract for Amphibious Transport Dock LPD 27

    15 May 2012 | 4:22 pm
    PASCAGOULA, Miss., May 15, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $133.7 million, cost-plus-fixed-fee advance procurement contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide long lead time materials for LPD 27, the 11th amphibious transport dock of the San Antonio (LPD 17) class.
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  • Survey: Critical sectors less attuned to cyber threat

    Ellen Nakashima
    16 May 2012 | 10:39 am
    A new survey out Wednesday finds that the energy and utilities industries rank the lowest when it comes to computer and information security risk management. The third biennial survey by the Carnegie Mellon University CyLab comes as Congress is considering legislation to mandate cybersecurity measures in critical industries. Read full article >>

  • President Obama executive order gives Treasury authority to freeze Yemeni assets in U.S.

    Karen DeYoung
    16 May 2012 | 10:10 am
    President Obama issued an executive order Wednesday giving the Treasury Department authority to freeze the U.S.-based assets of anyone who “obstructs” implementation of the administration-backed political transition in Yemen. Read full article >>

  • Syrian rebels get influx of arms with gulf neighbors’ money, U.S. coordination

    Karen DeYoung, Liz Sly
    15 May 2012 | 8:53 pm
    Syrian rebels battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad have begun receiving significantly more and better weapons in recent weeks, an effort paid for by Persian Gulf nations and coordinated in part by the United States, according to opposition activists and U.S. and foreign officials. Read full article >>

  • Chen Guangcheng, blind Chinese activist, calls into Hill hearing again

    William Wan
    15 May 2012 | 5:03 pm
    Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng called into a U.S. congressional hearing for the second time in two weeks Tuesday and said his relatives have been persecuted in retaliation for his escape from house arrest. More world news coverage: - India to buy less oil from Iran - Syrian rebels get influx of arms thanks in part to U.S. - Rebekah Brooks charged in phone-hacking scandal - Read more headlines from around the world Read full article >>

  • Panetta curtails F-22 flights after pilot complaints of blackouts

    Craig Whitlock
    15 May 2012 | 4:09 pm
    Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta ordered the Air Force Tuesday to curtail flights of its F-22 Raptor fighter jet and accelerate the installation of backup oxygen generators in response to pilot complaints of wooziness and fainting spells in the cockpit. Read full article >>
 
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  • U.S. Remains Vulnerable to an EMP

    Homeland Security NTARC News
    15 May 2012 | 9:26 pm
    An article recently published by the Los Angeles Times discusses how solar storms pose a grave threat to Earth. Mike Hapgood, a space weather scientist in England, says that the world is unprepared for such a storm, and one is likely to occur soon. The Heritage Foundation has led a vital campaign aimed at informing [...]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. U.S. Remains Vulnerable to an EMP

  • Why Do Terrorists So Often Go For Planes?

    Homeland Security NTARC News
    15 May 2012 | 9:22 pm
    Ever since the Sept. 11 attacks, airports have probably been the most heavily guarded sites when it comes to preventing terrorist attacks.And yet the most recent terrorism plot in Yemen involved an attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner with a bomber wearing a difficult-to-detect explosive bomb in his underwear, according to U.S. officials. Why [...]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. Why Do Terrorists So Often Go For Planes?

  • Science journal could give recipe for deadly avian flu virus

    Homeland Security NTARC News
    13 May 2012 | 4:28 pm
    A science journal is poised to publish a study that some experts believe could give a recipe to bioterrorists. The study is from an experiment by a Dutch scientist who engineered the avian flu virus to make it more deadly to mammals by making it spread through the air. That experiment was funded by the [...]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. Science journal could give recipe for deadly avian flu virus

  • Dozens of bodies, some mutilated, dumped on Mexico highway

    Homeland Security NTARC News
    13 May 2012 | 4:25 pm
    Fox News reports forty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found Sunday dumped on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the U.S. border in what appears to be the latest blow in an escalating war of intimidation among drug gangs. According to the report, Mexicos organized crime groups often abandon multiple bodies [...]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. Dozens of bodies, some mutilated, dumped on Mexico highway

  • Rail passengers to see ‘strong presence’ of bomb-sniffing dogs during NATO summit, Amtrak says

    Homeland Security NTARC News
    11 May 2012 | 1:50 am
    Bomb-sniffing dogs will be checking passengers and trains at Amtrak’s Homewood and Union stations during the NATO summit at McCormick Place later this month, Amtrak said Thursday. “Passengers will see a strong canine presence,” said Marc Magliari, Amtrak’s spokesman. If a dog senses something suspicious and the passenger refuses to submit to “additional scrutiny,” the [...]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. Rail passengers to see…
 
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  • PNNL Develops Real-Time Explosives Vapor Detector

    8 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed and demonstrated a system that detects vapors from low volatile explosives in real-time and soon hope to begin work to broaden the suite of threat chemicals that can be detected an also...

  • DHS S&T, CBP Preparing Field Tests of Secure Transit Corridors

    8 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    After years of various trials and tests of technologies aimed at giving U.S. government authorities more visibility into the security of cargo containers entering the country, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with the cooperation of industry and the...

  • Contract Awards

    8 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Serco Protests $889M DHS Award to USIS Serco Inc. has protested a potential $888.7 million contract that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) awarded to U.S. Investigations Services (USIS) last month to help support the agency’s work with...

  • European Commission Study Suggests Minimal Risk from X-Ray Personnel Scanners

    8 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Whole body imaging technology based on backscatter X-Rays that is being used at some airport security checkpoints around the world presents a low risk of cancer to persons that are screened by the technology, according to a recent study by a scientific group...

  • Tech Developments

    8 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Rapiscan’s RTT EDS System Achieves ECAC Standard 3 Rapiscan’s Real Time Tomography (RTT) explosives detection system (EDS) being developed for hold baggage screening has passed the European Civil Aviation Conference’s (ECAC) Standard 3...
 
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  • Pic of the Day: Foam Party!

    John Reed
    16 May 2012 | 10:16 am
    Yup, the ceiling-mounted fire suppression system at this Eglin Air Force Base hangar was set off by a welders spark; submerging an A-10 Warthog, an F-16 Viper and an F-15 Eagle sitting inside the massive hangar in foam in a matter of minutes, according to the guy who posted it on Reddit. Hope they had [...]

  • China’s Second Stealth Fighter Getting Ready for Its First Flight

    John Reed
    16 May 2012 | 9:36 am
    Just a quick update on China’s stealth fighter program. We’ve all seen the pictures that emerged over the weekend of second J-20 stealth fighter, dubbed 2002, sitting alongside the first J-20, 2001, on the flight line at Chengdu — something that indicates a test flight imminent. Well, here are some pics showing good ole 2002 [...]

  • Does Israel Have Stealthy Black Hawks?

    John Reed
    15 May 2012 | 10:57 am
    Well, this is interesting. Former Pentagon senior policy analyst F. Michael Maloof claims there might be a lot more of those stealthy Black Hawk helicopters  – the kind famoulsy used in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden last year — out there than has previously been reported. The best part of his claim; the [...]

  • Closing the Tech Gap: China’s Spaceplane

    John Reed
    14 May 2012 | 2:40 pm
    That’s right, the rumors appear to be true. Beijing is joining the United States as the only nations with reusable spaceplane designs that are actually conducting test flights. Beijing reportedly sent its Divine Dragon — or Shenlong — space plane aloft for a successful atmospheric test flight in January, 2011. The U.S. uses its two [...]

  • Video: China’s Two J-20 Stealth Fighters

    John Reed
    14 May 2012 | 12:14 pm
      Happy Monday. Let’s start this week off with a new video showing China’s two J-20 stealth fighters sitting side by side on the ramp at Chengdu, China. Click through the jump to see the video of good ole J-20–2001 and J-20–2002.
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  • Russia develops air defence lasers

    16 May 2012 | 5:27 am
    Moscow (Voice of Russia) May 16, 2012 According to CEO of Russia's Almaz-Antei advanced arms makers Dr Vladislav Menshikov, his company continues work, started decades ago in the Soviet Union, to develop powerful airborne lasers capable of shooting down hostile aircraft and incoming missiles. Sources say a weapon of this kind can destroy targets travelling at altitudes of up to 40 kilometers. Chief Editor of the Natsionalnaya

  • "Dip Chip" Technology Tests Toxicity On-the-Go

    16 May 2012 | 5:27 am
    Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) May 16, 2012 From man-made toxic chemicals such as industrial by-products to poisons that occur naturally, a water or food supply can be easily contaminated. And for every level of toxic material ingested, there is some level of bodily response, ranging from minor illness to painful certain death. Biosensors have long been used to safeguard against exposure to toxic chemicals. Food tasters employed by

  • NATO: The world's biggest defence alliance

    16 May 2012 | 5:27 am
    Brussels (AFP) May 16, 2012 Founded in the early days of the Cold War, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has grown into a collective defence group of 28 nations from North America and Europe. The United States, Canada and 10 European allies signed a treaty in Washington on April 4, 1949, creating an enduring military alliance based on solidarity against threats from the Soviet Union. The first European nations

  • Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract for LITENING G4 Targeting Pods

    16 May 2012 | 5:27 am
    Rolling Meadows IL (SPX) May 16, 2012 Northrop Grumman has been awarded a delivery order by the Naval Air Systems Command totaling $103 million to deliver LITENING G4 targeting systems. Under the terms of the award, Northrop Grumman will supply the U.S. Marine Corps with LITENING G4 pods. The company will also provide G4 upgrade kits and spares to the Air National Guard to bring their Block 1 pods to the G4 configuration.

  • US restricts flights of F-22 jets over safety worries

    16 May 2012 | 5:27 am
    Washington (AFP) May 15, 2012 US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has ordered the Air Force to restrict flights of its most advanced fighter jet, the F-22, after some pilots complained of dizzy spells and blackouts, officials said Tuesday. Since 2008, officials say at least a dozen F-22 pilots have reported suffering a lack of oxygen but engineers have yet to figure out how to fix the problem. Under Panetta's decision,
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  • Royal Navy medic receives Military Cross at Buckingham Palace

    16 May 2012 | 8:49 am
    A wounded Royal Navy medic who saved the lives of four colleagues after they were seriously injured in Afghanistan by a grenade attack in 2011 received a Military Cross this week from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.

  • RNAS Culdrose gives 'The One Show' an Olympic challenge

    16 May 2012 | 4:19 am
    Ahead of the arrival of the Olympic Flame on Friday, One Show presenter Alex Jones and Olympic gold medallist Sally Gunnell paid a visit to Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose in Cornwall yesterday and received a very challenging welcome.

  • RAF Police receive Afghanistan campaign medals

    15 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    Members of No 2 (Tactical) Police Squadron have received their Afghanistan Operational Service Medals after returning from Helmand province.

  • ISAF Deputy Commander reflects on progress in Helmand

    15 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    Lieutenant General Adrian Bradshaw, Deputy Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, here reflects on recent visits to Helmand and eastern Afghanistan, and gains made by ISAF over the past year.

  • RAF trumpeters to honour Queen with special Jubilee fanfare

    15 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    Members of the Central Band of the Royal Air Force will play a specially composed fanfare in honour of Her Majesty The Queen at St Paul's Cathedral in London on 5 June, as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
 
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  • New Book Explores Military Acquisition After World War II

    American Forces Press Service
    16 May 2012 | 11:37 am
    A new book published by the Historical Office of the Secretary of Defense describes changes in military weapons systems acquisition during the 15 years following World War II. “Rearming for the Cold War 1945-1960″ by retired Air Force Col. Elliott V. Converse III is the first in a five-volume series of books focusing on the history of the acquisition of major weapons systems by the Defense Department. The book’s 766 pages contain a detailed examination of military acquisitions during the early years of the Cold War, and they are full of case studies, personality profiles,…

  • Panetta orders Air Force to take further steps on F-22

    Air Force News Agency
    16 May 2012 | 12:41 am
    With safety remaining his top concern, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has ordered the Air Force to take additional steps to mitigate risks to F-22 pilots, George Little, acting assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, said May 15 during a Pentagon news conference. Beginning in 2008, a few pilots experienced hypoxia-like symptoms when flying the aircraft, Little said. Hypoxia is a deficiency of oxygen. There have been a total of 12 cases of these hypoxia-like symptoms affecting pilots. Little said the secretary has followed developments in the F-22 closely and has directed the Air…

  • Russia Does Not Rule Out Preemptive Missile Defense Strike

    RIA Novosti
    16 May 2012 | 12:19 am
    Russia does not exclude preemptive use of weapons against [NATO] missile defense systems in Europe but only as a last resort, the Russian General Staff said on Thursday at a missile defense conference in Moscow. “The placement of new strike weapons in the south and northwest of Russia against [NATO] missile defense components, including the deployment of Iskander missile systems in Kaliningrad region is one possible way of incapacitating the European missile defense infrastructure,” Chief of the General Staff Nikolai Makarov said. Taking into account the “destabilizing…

  • Pentagon restricts F-22 Jet Flights over safety worries

    Agence France-Presse
    16 May 2012 | 12:07 am
    US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has ordered the Air Force to restrict flights of its most advanced fighter jet, the F-22, after some pilots complained of dizzy spells and blackouts, officials said Tuesday. Since 2008, officials say at least a dozen F-22 pilots have reported suffering a lack oxygen but engineers have yet to figure out how to fix the problem. Under Panetta’s decision the F-22 Raptor will no longer be conducting longer-range flights and would instead stay within reach of runways to ensure a pilot could land in an emergency, Pentagon spokesman George Little told…

  • Phoenix Express 2012 Continues Multinational Training

    US Navy
    15 May 2012 | 11:40 pm
    Sailors assigned to guided-missile frigate USS Simpson (FFG 56) participated in a multinational training exercise aboard the Hellenic navy training ship Aris at the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operations Training Center (NMIOTC) in support of exercise Phoenix Express 2012 (PE12) in Souda Bay, Crete, May 12. The training included boarding procedures, proper weapons handling, and engaging compliant and non-compliant ships. It also gave the multinational service members the opportunity to train with other countries and learn to work together. Working together in an environment where security…
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  • AF selects emerging leader program participants

    16 May 2012 | 3:15 pm
    Six Air Force officers were selected for the 2012 National Defense University Center for the Study of Mass Destruction Program for Emerging Leaders, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced. The purpose of the program is to foster a community of rising U.S. government leaders with the awareness and skills to respond to the dangers of weapons of mass destruction, said Master Sgt. Teresa Dixon, the AFPC officer development education superintendent. Air Force members selected to participate are Maj. Matthew Stanford, of the U.S. Air Force Academy; Capt. Matthew Butler, of Air…

  • Airman found dead at Fairchild

    16 May 2012 | 3:01 pm
    An Airman attending training at the 336th Training Group was found dead in his dormitory May 12. Airman 1st Class John Bradshaw was pronounced dead at 8:15 a.m. May 12 by American Medical Response. The cause of his death is under investigation. "Fairchild is saddened by the death of Airman Bradshaw," said Col. Paul Guemmer, the 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander. "His family and friends are in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. "When we lose an Airman, it's felt by everyone," Guemmer said. "He will be sorely missed."more...

  • Single staffing tool goes Air Force wide

    16 May 2012 | 11:26 am
    Beginning this summer, all Air Force civil service employees will have transitioned to a resume based system when seeking new positions for Air Force civilian vacancies worldwide. In 2010, the Air Force Personnel Center announced the transition to a single staffing tool for all Air Force job seekers utilizing USA Staffing to post all job announcements on USAJobs.gov. The final implementation to the single staffing tool will transition Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., employees in late July.more...

  • Security forces NCO becomes ninth female to earn sniper qualification

    16 May 2012 | 9:59 am
    A security forces sergeant from the 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron completed Air Force sniper school April 27, becoming the U.S. military's ninth officially-qualified female sniper. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alyssa Gomez, 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron instructor, graduated from the Close Precision Engagement Course, a challenging 19-day course at Fort Bliss, Texas. The course teaches advanced marksmanship and military scouting skills to Air Force security forces members, whose career field specializes in the protection of Air Force personnel and resources. CPEC is the only U.S.

  • Fuels flight wins Air Force award

    16 May 2012 | 9:18 am
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  • Atlas Elektronik sets new range record for Torpedoes, reaching more than 140 Km

    Ko Savonije
    16 May 2012 | 12:39 pm
    Atlas Elektronik has increased the reach of its torpedoes substantially, setting a new range record for torpedoes. At a test-firing in March 2012, the heavyweight torpedo SeaHake® mod4 ER (Extended Range) achieved a range of over 140 kilometres.SeaHake® mod 4 is the latest advancement of the DM 2 A4 heavyweight torpedo, which is in service with the German Navy as well as the navies of Turkey, Pakistan and Spain.Read more

  • Saudi Arabian Typhoons to get capability boost

    Ko Savonije
    16 May 2012 | 7:43 am
    BAE Systems will deliver the remaining 48 Eurofighter Typhoons on order for Saudi Arabia over the next five years, with the first examples now in final assembly at the company's Warton site in Lancashire.A contract modification to Riyadh's 72-aircraft Project Al Salam deal was signed earlier this year, with the nation seeking to introduce additional capability to the European type. BAE says it resumed assembly work in January, as the revised deal was still being finalised.The Royal Saudi Air Force's remaining Tranche 2 aircraft will be completed in the UK at a rate of between eight and 10 per…

  • Lockheed Martin’s New Standalone Launching System Significantly Reduces Weapons Integration Costs

    Ko Savonije
    16 May 2012 | 5:31 am
    Lockheed Martin successfully demonstrated the latest variant of its new launching system that maximizes the use of existing hardware and electronics to reduce the integration costs of weapons by more than 50 percent.During a May 5 test at the Royal Australian Air Force’s Woomera Test Range in South Australia, the new Extensible Launching System (ExLS) standalone variant successfully fired two Nulka Offboard Countermeasure missile decoy test rounds. One decoy was provided by the U.S. Navy and the other by the Nulka designer and manufacturer BAE Systems Australia.Read more

  • Minister for Defence observes naval exercise

    Ko Savonije
    16 May 2012 | 2:28 am
    Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen visited the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) earlier today, where he observed a Fleet Exercise at the South China Sea.During the visit, Dr Ng observed a demonstration of the integrated operations between the naval helicopters and the frigates and also witnessed the RSN conduct a multi-dimensional exercise.Dr Ng also went on board the Victory-Class Missile Corvette (MCV) RSS Valiant where he was briefed on the ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle system.Read more

  • Lack of staff link to navy curbs denied

    Ko Savonije
    16 May 2012 | 2:18 am
    Half of the navy's in-shore patrol vessels will not be in use over the next 12 months, but the Government insists a lack of staff is not the reason.One of the four vessels will be on "reduced activity" because of a reallocation of staff and another will undergo maintenance, leaving only two of the vessels, which are used in border security, fully operational.The "reduced activity" comes amid the Government's call for the Defence Force to find more than $350 million in annual savings by 2015, mainly through back-office cuts.Read more
 
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  • U.S. Remains Vulnerable to an EMP

    Homeland Security NTARC News
    15 May 2012 | 9:26 pm
    An article recently published by the Los Angeles Times discusses how solar storms pose a grave threat to Earth. Mike Hapgood, a space weather scientist in England, says that the world is unprepared for such a storm, and one is likely to occur soon. The Heritage Foundation has led a vital campaign aimed at informing [...]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. U.S. Remains Vulnerable to an EMP

  • Why Do Terrorists So Often Go For Planes?

    Homeland Security NTARC News
    15 May 2012 | 9:22 pm
    Ever since the Sept. 11 attacks, airports have probably been the most heavily guarded sites when it comes to preventing terrorist attacks.And yet the most recent terrorism plot in Yemen involved an attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner with a bomber wearing a difficult-to-detect explosive bomb in his underwear, according to U.S. officials. Why [...]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. Why Do Terrorists So Often Go For Planes?

  • Science journal could give recipe for deadly avian flu virus

    Homeland Security NTARC News
    13 May 2012 | 4:28 pm
    A science journal is poised to publish a study that some experts believe could give a recipe to bioterrorists. The study is from an experiment by a Dutch scientist who engineered the avian flu virus to make it more deadly to mammals by making it spread through the air. That experiment was funded by the [...]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. Science journal could give recipe for deadly avian flu virus

  • Dozens of bodies, some mutilated, dumped on Mexico highway

    Homeland Security NTARC News
    13 May 2012 | 4:25 pm
    Fox News reports forty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found Sunday dumped on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the U.S. border in what appears to be the latest blow in an escalating war of intimidation among drug gangs. According to the report, Mexicos organized crime groups often abandon multiple bodies [...]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. Dozens of bodies, some mutilated, dumped on Mexico highway

  • Rail passengers to see ‘strong presence’ of bomb-sniffing dogs during NATO summit, Amtrak says

    Homeland Security NTARC News
    11 May 2012 | 1:50 am
    Bomb-sniffing dogs will be checking passengers and trains at Amtrak’s Homewood and Union stations during the NATO summit at McCormick Place later this month, Amtrak said Thursday. “Passengers will see a strong canine presence,” said Marc Magliari, Amtrak’s spokesman. If a dog senses something suspicious and the passenger refuses to submit to “additional scrutiny,” the [...]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. Rail passengers to see…
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  • A rant on the substitution of "veteran" for expertise

    14 May 2012 | 3:52 pm
    "I would love to give my medals directly to a NATO official," said Broseus, 28. "I don't feel like I earned them in a just manner. I felt I was more of an occupier In Iraq than anything else, and I want them to know how that feels."So was Iraq veteran Greg Broseus quoted by Dawn Turner Trice in the Chicago Tribune. Yes, you read that correctly. An Iraq veteran who is opposed to military interventions wishes to protest against the war in Afghanistan by returning his medals earned in Iraq to a NATO official.This post is not about returning medals as a form of anti-war protest or protesters,…

  • Dear General Dempsey: The Powell Doctrine is not operational doctrine

    11 May 2012 | 9:45 am
    Along came 9/11.  And as you know, famously we went from sort of the traditionaltemplate, back to the Powell doctrine, and then realized that what – that the – whatconfronted us in those two theaters was really a counterinsurgency.  And so we dusted offcounterinsurgency doctrine.  It was – it was updated by the Army and the Marine Corps. And we embraced the counterinsurgency doctrine.  So says the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during Q&A following a talk at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (linked to by Tom Ricks). General Dempsey, CJCS,…

  • Disruptive thinking and unnecessary modifying modifiers

    2 May 2012 | 12:40 pm
    I really don't get this disruptive thinking concept floating about the blogosphere recently. I certainly get the complaints of many of the pro-disruptive types, but I'm not sure I understand what's unique about the concept of applying entrepreneurial thinking to military thinking. This has been done in many ways over the past decades in the U.S. military. I get that a lot of disruptive thinking centers around young guys who think they have at least some of the answers to our biggest strategic problems and they want to be heard. Got it. I don't disagree. I think my problem with…

  • Confessions of an Adjutant: the sausage-making of awards policies

    18 Apr 2012 | 4:48 pm
    I'm a few days late to this discussion, but I wanted the passion surrounding this Air Force Times article on awards to subside a bit before I wrote about it. A soldier may fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon - but that fighting isn't exclusively with the enemy. There are few things soldiers love to argue more about among themselves than awards and fight about it they will. It's such a personal topic, often shrouded in jealousies ("They gave that guy a BSM?!?"), nebulous guidance that leaves awards to commanders with different criteria, rank-based determination of awards, awards…

  • The doctrinal novelty of "Prevent, Shape, Win"

    10 Apr 2012 | 3:02 pm
    Or not.Here's an excerpt from the 1993 revision of FM 100-5, Operations (which was the Army's capstone doctrinal manual until it was re-numbered as FM 3-0), under the heading "The Role of Doctrine":Doctrine is the statement of how America's Army, as part of a joint team, intends to conduct war and operations other than war. It is the condensed expression of the Army's fundamental approach to fighting, influencing events in operations other than war, and deterring actions detrimental to national interests.Sounds an awful lot like WIN, SHAPE, and PREVENT, huh?P.S. Three principal roles, folks,…
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    The Best Defense

  • Tom's World War I binge continues: A few lines from the play 'Journey’s End'

    Thomas E. Ricks
    16 May 2012 | 5:10 am
    Reading Six Weeks persuaded me to buy R.C. Sherriff's play Journey's End, which I'd never read. I liked it especially because it is unique to the circumstances of its war-British class differences, trench warfare, losses by years of attrition. The entire thing takes place in an underground bunker. I doubt that it could be "updated," for example, into a drama about the Vietnam War. The concerns, the histories, the values of the soldiers involved are just too different. I suspect that when it came out it was a shocker, but now it seems like half the war movies we've seen since. Lines…

  • William Faulkner gets his third star, let's hope he buys a round for the room tonight

    Thomas E. Ricks
    16 May 2012 | 5:07 am
    Faulkner, the writer of Mississippi, famously said that the past isn't dead, it is not even past. Turns out he was more right than he knew: He is still with us, and just got promoted by the Marines to lieutenant general. Maybe he can hang out with my favorite U.S. admiral, Julius Caesar. If you think I am joking, click on that last link. I don't know General Faulkner, but I have met John Toolan, whom I interviewed when I was writing 'Fiasco.' I was impressed to see him promoted as well, to CG IMEF. He is exactly the kind of sober, tough leader you'd like to see leading your son or daughter in…

  • Law of the Sea: Less boring than you think

    Thomas E. Ricks
    16 May 2012 | 5:01 am
    By Will Rogers Best Defense bureau of natural security Washington is gearing up for another fight over the Law of the Sea Convention (LOSC) as the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee prepares to hold hearings in the coming weeks. But while the thirty year LOSC debate may start to sound like a broken record to some, the stakes of not ratifying the convention are the highest they have ever been for the United States. Although the United States has safeguarded its interests at sea by relying on customary international law, this approach is becoming increasingly risky. Critics of LOSC…

  • The cadre: Thinking outside the box about how rotation affects operations

    Thomas E. Ricks
    15 May 2012 | 6:10 am
    By Andrew Person Best Defense department of personnel-as-policy affairs After over a decade spent fighting in Afghanistan, American officers are still having their first cups of tea with key Afghan leaders in government, tribes, and villages. As I argue in a piece I wrote for the Small Wars Journal titled "Getting Past the First Cup of Tea" (available on page 10 at this link), the Lazy Susan style rotation of American leadership in Afghanistan makes our mission impossible. What would an alternative model look like? If the U.S. had established a permanent cadre of military leaders…

  • What sort of help do Google and the National Security Agency give each other?

    Thomas E. Ricks
    15 May 2012 | 6:03 am
    Something, it looks like, but we are not going to be told about it, if a U.S. Court of Appeals ruling issued last Friday stands. I wonder if Google and NSA will merge one day.  On the other hand, something that discourages intelligence operatives in China from hacking into our e-mails is probably a good thing. Hmm -- maybe I am learning how to love Big Brother?
 
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  • 6th Generation Combat Aircraft

    J.R. Wilson
    16 May 2012 | 12:30 pm
    When the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 Raptor entered service in December 2005, it was hailed as the world’s first fifth-generation military aircraft. Production of the F-22 was terminated in 2011 with only...

  • Both LCS Variants at Sea Together

    Edward H. Lundquist
    16 May 2012 | 8:09 am
    The first two littoral combat ships (LCS) were under way together for the first time recently off Southern California.  USS Freedom (LCS 1) and USS Independence (LCS 2) represent a new breed of fast,...

  • EU NAVFOR Helicopters Attack Somali Pirates Ashore

    Edward H. Lundquist
    15 May 2012 | 12:52 pm
    Just about everyone agrees the solution to the scourge of Somali pirates has been ashore in Somalia, not at sea.  But there was little enthusiasm about entering the pirates’ lair.  That may be...

  • PORTABLE HIGH GAIN SATCOM ANTENNA

    Associate Editor
    15 May 2012 | 12:05 pm
    TACO Antenna is a leading manufacturer of VHF and UHF communications antennas for both military and commercial markets.  TACO began in the communications industry over 75 years ago and has been...

  • Heinkel He 177 Bomber Was a ‘Flying Tinderbox’ During World War II

    Robert F. Dorr
    15 May 2012 | 8:20 am
    Adolf Hitler talked about the Heinkel He 177 Greif (Griffin) bomber in a meeting with his military staff on Feb. 1, 1943. Speaking to Generaloberst (Colonel General) Hans Jeschonnek, chief of staff...
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  • 6th Generation Combat Aircraft

    J.R. Wilson
    16 May 2012 | 12:30 pm
    When the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 Raptor entered service in December 2005, it was hailed as the world’s first fifth-generation military aircraft. Production of the F-22 was terminated in 2011 with only 187 of the originally planned 750 operational aircraft built. Just as the F-22 line was being shut down, deliveries of the first production models of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) began. Also classified as a Gen-5 aircraft, the F-35 is planned to replace multiple aircraft in three U.S. services – the F-35A conventional takeoff/landing variant for the Air Force, the F-35B…

  • Both LCS Variants at Sea Together

    Edward H. Lundquist
    16 May 2012 | 8:09 am
    The first two littoral combat ships (LCS) were under way together for the first time recently off Southern California.  USS Freedom (LCS 1) and USS Independence (LCS 2) represent a new breed of fast, agile, flexible focused-mission surface combatants designed to deal with anti-access threats in the littoral, the regions where the land and oceans meet. The two ships represent two different designs for LCS.  USS Freedom is a 379-foot monohull built by a team led by Lockheed Martin at Marinette Marine on the Menomenee River in Wisconsin.  USS Independence – a 418-foot trimaran – was built…

  • EU NAVFOR Helicopters Attack Somali Pirates Ashore

    Edward H. Lundquist
    15 May 2012 | 12:52 pm
    Just about everyone agrees the solution to the scourge of Somali pirates has been ashore in Somalia, not at sea.  But there was little enthusiasm about entering the pirates’ lair.  That may be changing. A May 15 operation conducted by the European Union Naval Forces involved an EU NAVFOR helicopter firing upon pirate skiffs stowed away on a beach on the Somali coastline. “The focused, precise and proportionate action was conducted from the air and all forces returned safely to EU warships on completion,” read a statement issued by EU NAVFOR headquarters in Northwood, UK. “Whilst…

  • PORTABLE HIGH GAIN SATCOM ANTENNA

    Associate Editor
    15 May 2012 | 12:05 pm
    TACO Antenna is a leading manufacturer of VHF and UHF communications antennas for both military and commercial markets.  TACO began in the communications industry over 75 years ago and has been involved in military communications since World War II. We are actively involved in ground-air-ground communications and tactical communications. It is with great pleasure that we recently introduced our UHF Manpack Antenna.  TACO’s new high-gain Manpack Antenna is designed for UHF SATCOM-on-the-move communications. The SAT-MP-320 covers the entire frequency band (240-400 MHz) with 11 dBic gain.

  • Heinkel He 177 Bomber Was a ‘Flying Tinderbox’ During World War II

    Robert F. Dorr
    15 May 2012 | 8:20 am
    Adolf Hitler talked about the Heinkel He 177 Greif (Griffin) bomber in a meeting with his military staff on Feb. 1, 1943. Speaking to Generaloberst (Colonel General) Hans Jeschonnek, chief of staff of the Luftwaffe as part of a rambling exchange about tanks and aircraft, the Führer said: “I have to say again and again: I consider the whole 177 model a mistake because it was demonstrated already during the Great War that the problem of installing two engines on one shaft is extremely difficult to solve, and has led to constant difficulties.” The He 177 may not have been…
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  • Thuraya and GTNT Say in One Voice ‘Hello Russia’

    Artur Slesik
    16 May 2012 | 4:52 am
    A mere 200 meters away from the Kremlin, Thuraya Telecommunications Company, the leading international mobile satellite operator has announced the launch of its mobile satellite services in Russia in partnership with GTNT. The announcement was made at a press conference at the Congress Centre of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation [...]

  • Eutelsat signs distribution agreement with Direct Connect to bring high-quality Tooway™ satellite broadband services to Norway

    Artur Slesik
    16 May 2012 | 4:46 am
    Eutelsat Communications, (Euronext Paris: ETL) Europe’s leading satellite operator, has announced its Skylogic subsidiary has signed a distribution agreement with Direct Connect to sell its revolutionary Tooway™ satellite broadband service in Norway from May 15th 2012.   Under the agreement, ISP Direct Connect will be offering the Tooway™ consumer satellite broadband service with speeds of [...]

  • Arqiva takes additional satellite capacity on EUTELSAT 7A

    Artur Slesik
    16 May 2012 | 3:55 am
    Arqiva and Eutelsat partnership meets growing demand for professional video services across Europe and the Middle East. Arqiva, the communications infrastructure and media services company, has signed a new contract with Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) for additional satellite capacity to meet growing demand for its Occasional Use satellite services.       In this [...]

  • Ariane 5 ECA set to loft JCSAT-13 and VINASAT-2 into orbit

    Artur Slesik
    16 May 2012 | 3:40 am
    Arianespace are set to return their Ariane 5 ECA back into action on Tuesday, on a mission to launch two more telecommunication satellites into orbit – namely JCSAT-13 and VINASAT-2. Launch from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana is scheduled for the start of a two hour launch window that opens at 10:13pm GMT.   [...]

  • Inmarsat Sees Significant Regional Growth In Maritime Security, Malaysia Among Key Markets

    Artur Slesik
    15 May 2012 | 1:02 am
    Inmarsat, the leading global mobile satellite communications services provider, sees significant growth in the maritime security sector and regards Malaysia as one of its key markets. Director, Government Services, Inmarsat Global Xpress Programme, Gordon McMillan said that from Inmarsat’s perspective and “in terms of our history, the maritime sector is a very key one for [...]
 
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  • Iran-Oman Joint Military Committee Wraps Up Work in Tehran

    amirhessam
    16 May 2012 | 7:27 am
    *Senior Iranian and Omani military officials ended a two-day meeting on mutual cooperation on Tuesday. * The last round of talks between the two countries' ranking commanders ended in Tehran today....

  • Iran closely monitors moves in Persian Gulf: IRGC commander

    amirhessam
    16 May 2012 | 7:26 am
    *A senior Iranian naval commander has warned against "evil" deeds of certain countries in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, stressing the Islamic Republic fully and closely monitors all...

  • W80 warhead aboard the SM-3?

    Quiller
    15 May 2012 | 11:26 pm
    DARPA is supposedly developing two missile variants of the SM-3 for what has been called the PGS, or Prompt Global Strike. The idea is to deliver conventional explosive warheads 2,300 miles from...

  • AGM-158 on F-15E

    Airborne6250
    15 May 2012 | 10:57 am
    Hi, I have been searching and searching on the internet but I can’t find the answer. Is there a reason behind why AGM-158 is only tested on the STA8 on F-15E? I have searched a lot but can’t find...

  • Will Russia really strike NATO anti-missile defenses?

    Quiller
    12 May 2012 | 9:14 pm
    Two separate Russian military leaders with significant apparent influence have declared the potential need to use military force to "destroy" western anti-missile batteries if they are installed in...
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  • Phoenix Express 2012 Begins in Souda Bay, Crete

    admin
    16 May 2012 | 2:17 pm
    Training of the Moroccan special forces by Greek Special Forces Ens. Alexander Tsaltas on May 7, opening day of the PE12. See more about the Greek officer here http://www.eucom.mil/Article/19511/greek-special-forces-instructor-brings-experience-to-phoenix-express-2011 SOUDA BAY, Crete (NNS) — Phoenix Express 2012 (PE12), a multi-national exercise between Southern European, North African and U.S. naval forces, officially kicked off at the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operation Training Center (NMIOTC) in Souda Bay, May 7. Phoenix Express is an at-sea maritime exercise designed to improve…

  • Greece: It’s the geopolitics, stupid!

    admin
    16 May 2012 | 2:07 pm
    BY JACEK SARYUSZ-WOLSKI BRUSSELS – The eurozone decided to grant Greece a second bailout, but this does not mean that the country received a wallet full of money and that the risk of default is gone. Greece and its political elites need sober determination to implement socially difficult reforms also after the April elections. The Union has once again demonstrated its solidarity with Greece and the fact that it is demanding to supervise the effectiveness of its aid does not surprise. We cannot perceive the presence of EU experts in Athens in terms of loss of sovereignty. The situation…

  • The Foreign Policy Survey: Greece top candidate to be kicked out of the alliance

    admin
    16 May 2012 | 12:19 pm
    In advance of the May 20-21 summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Chicago, Foreign Policy and the Atlantic Council asked dozens of experts about the role of the alliance today. Heads of state, ministers of defense and foreign affairs, intelligence officers, and current and former members of U.S. Congress were among the respondents who answered our call. Although none of them thought NATO should cease to exist or that the United States would be better off leaving the alliance, they were less certain about whether NATO can adapt to a changing geopolitical and military landscape…

  • The failure of the Greek State engendered a disillusioned society

    admin
    12 May 2012 | 5:46 pm
    Why did German people support Hitler? The Weimar Republic appeared to have no idea how to solve the problems of the Depression. The Nazis on the other hand promised to solve the problems (Nazism at the time was a small fringe movement seeking power through revolution…). Hitler promised most groups in Germany what they wanted. Hitler used the Jews and other sections of society as scapegoats, blaming all the problems on them. To Germans at the time Hitler made sense, he united everyone by providing explanations for Germany’s problems not necessarily solutions. People in Germany were…

  • Does another Leviathan lurk offshore Crete? Pytheas Chairman & Group CEO, Mr. Harris A. Samaras is interviewed by Interfax

    admin
    12 May 2012 | 5:26 pm
    At an interview with Interfax’s Editor and Senior Reporter Leigh Elston, Pytheas Chairman & Group CEO, Harris A. Samaras expressed Pytheas’ opinion that Europe is currently confronted with a unique challenge and a remarkable opportunity! The already confirmed and estimated discoveries of substantial hydrocarbon deposits in the Southeastern Mediterranean signify that for the first time ever in Europe’s energy history, the EU may be guaranteed an uninterrupted supply of a traditional energy source! A most important development (and a pan-European one), especially in view of recent…
 
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