US Defense officials announce fiscal 2013 budget priorities
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 [...]
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Smart phone technology takes leap to battlefield
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 [...]
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Small Tactical Unmanned Air System Executes Early Operational Capability
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 [...]
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‘Carl Gustaf’ Weapon Extends Soldiers’ Lethal Reach
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 [...]
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US Defense officials announce fiscal 2013 budget priorities
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 [...]
Smart phone technology takes leap to battlefield
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 [...]
Small Tactical Unmanned Air System Executes Early Operational Capability
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 [...]
‘Carl Gustaf’ Weapon Extends Soldiers’ Lethal Reach
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 [...]
Royal Navy Pilots Train for Aircraft Carrier Landings
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. [...]
ACU4 Certifies French Ship FS Mistral in Preparation for Bold Alligator 2012
Assault Craft Unit Four (ACU4) Sailors trained with the crew of French projection and command ship (BPC) FS Mistral (L9013) Jan. 24-25, to certify the ship’s well deck for operations with the U.S. Navy’s landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) in preparation for Bold Alligator 2012. “We have worked with the French navy not only here, [...]
Lockheed Martin Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Results
BETHESDA, Md.: Lockheed Martin Corporation today reported fourth quarter 2011 net sales of $12.2 billion compared to $12.8 billion in 2010. Earnings from continuing operations during the fourth quarter of 2011 was $698 million, or $2.14 per diluted share, compared to $821 million, or $2.28 per diluted share, in 2010. Earnings from continuing operations for [...]
Germany Begins Cutting Troops In Afghanistan
The German parliament is starting to lower the number of soldiers stationed in Afghanistan. Two years ahead of the planned complete withdrawal of troops, many questions remain unresolved. One thing is certain: by the end of 2014, international combat troops are supposed to be completely pulled out of Afghanistan. Germany’s Bundeswehr is therefore already reducing [...]
Mr. President, America Needs a Penny-Pinching Patriot
In the fight over the Pentagon budget the battle lines have been drawn. When President Obama releases the military budget later this week, proponents of fiscal responsibility and a leaner, meaner military will, once again, combat the defenders of Pentagon pork and overpaid defense contractors. Buck McKeon (R-CA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee [...]
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