Challenge to the U.S. Army During a Defense Reduction: To Remain a Military Profession
The U.S. Army has been through three reductions-in-force since the inception of the All-Volunteer Force. The first one, roughly 1972-78, actually birthed the All-Volunteer Force. The second one occurred in the late 1990s after the end of the Cold War when the U.S. Army was reduced by approximately one-third in both force structure and budget [...]
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Global spending on C2/C4ISR systems is expected to remain robust
The US recorded budget cuts in 2011, a trend which is forecast to continue going forward. Despite this, North America is expected to account for the largest share of the total global C2/C4ISR market comprising 52% over the forecast period. Asia and Europe are also expected to account for a significant portion of the total [...]
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The Global C2/C4ISR Market 2011-2021
This report offers detailed analysis of the global C2/C4ISR market over the next ten years, and provides extensive market size forecasts by country and sub sector. It covers the key technological and market trends in the C2/C4ISR market. It further lays out an analysis of the factors influencing the demand for C2/C4ISR, and the challenges [...]
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Northrop F-35 Sensors Deployed in Bold Alligator Maritime Exercise
Northrop Grumman is participating in U.S. Fleet Forces Command’s Joint/Coalition Amphibious Exercise Bold Alligator 2012, employing the company’s BAC1-11 test aircraft to provide F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) sensor capabilities. During Bold Alligator 2012, the BAC1-11 is being configured with the F-35′s AN/APG-81 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar and the AN/AAQ-37 infrared distributed aperture [...]
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Challenge to the U.S. Army During a Defense Reduction: To Remain a Military Profession
The U.S. Army has been through three reductions-in-force since the inception of the All-Volunteer Force. The first one, roughly 1972-78, actually birthed the All-Volunteer Force. The second one occurred in the late 1990s after the end of the Cold War when the U.S. Army was reduced by approximately one-third in both force structure and budget [...]
Global spending on C2/C4ISR systems is expected to remain robust
The US recorded budget cuts in 2011, a trend which is forecast to continue going forward. Despite this, North America is expected to account for the largest share of the total global C2/C4ISR market comprising 52% over the forecast period. Asia and Europe are also expected to account for a significant portion of the total [...]
The Global C2/C4ISR Market 2011-2021
This report offers detailed analysis of the global C2/C4ISR market over the next ten years, and provides extensive market size forecasts by country and sub sector. It covers the key technological and market trends in the C2/C4ISR market. It further lays out an analysis of the factors influencing the demand for C2/C4ISR, and the challenges [...]
Northrop F-35 Sensors Deployed in Bold Alligator Maritime Exercise
Northrop Grumman is participating in U.S. Fleet Forces Command’s Joint/Coalition Amphibious Exercise Bold Alligator 2012, employing the company’s BAC1-11 test aircraft to provide F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) sensor capabilities. During Bold Alligator 2012, the BAC1-11 is being configured with the F-35′s AN/APG-81 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar and the AN/AAQ-37 infrared distributed aperture [...]
MicroFalcon UAV completes qualification flights in extreme weather
Innocon’s MicroFalcon mini UAS has completed flight tests at extreme weather conditions. The MicroFalcon operated successfully under a snow storm at -15 Celsius, and a 35knt wind velocity. “We are proud of the MicroFalcon mini UAV system. It has demonstrated its long endurance, wide-area surveillance capability to detect targets in all operational environments – in [...]
Strike talk keeps Israel’s Iran options open
Israel is pursuing a studied ambiguity on whether it will attack Iran, keeping its options open on how to rein in Tehran’s alleged nuclear weapons ambitions, Israeli experts say. Speculation about an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities has reached fever pitch in recent weeks, driven by comments from Israeli officials and a slew of [...]
US Air Force announces first female four-star general nominee
President Barack Obama nominated Air Force Lt. Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger for promotion Feb. 6, which, pending Senate approval, would make her the first female four-star general in Air Force history. Wolfenbarger currently serves as the military deputy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition here and she is one [...]
‘Second Libya’ would stretch Britain, say MPs
Britain’s armed forces, strained by steep cuts in defence spending, would struggle to mount another military operation on the scale of the Libya intervention, MPs said on Wednesday. The British government would face “significantly greater challenges” if it launched a second Libya-style mission, the Commons Defence Committee said. Britain was at the forefront of international [...]
US Marines may leave Japan before base closure
Thousands of US Marines could leave Japan’s Okinawa island before a controversial American base is closed, Washington and Tokyo announced Wednesday, in the latest twist in a long-running saga. In a densely-worded joint statement, the two sides said they were talking about “delinking” the redeployment of 8,000 Marines from a 2006 agreement to close the [...]
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