DARPA XS-1 Concept
DARPA video of the XS-1 experimental spaceplane concept. A hypersonic mothership would take a booster to the edge of space, …
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DARPA Begins Work on Experimental XS-1 Spaceplane
DARPA has awarded prime contracts for Phase 1 of its Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) project. The agency’s vision is for a …
The Korean War’s Land Battle Legacy
Ground combat operations during the Korean War provided U.S. Army planners with an extensive array of lessons learned regarding the …
U.S. OKs Nearly $1 Billion Arms Deal for Iraq
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress that it has received the green light from the State Department …
AFRICOM Provides Assistance to Nigeria in Search for Kidnapped Girls
The abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram has attracted worldwide attention. To …
Intelligence Agencies, USSOCOM Signal Support for Higher Resolution Commercial Satellite Imagery
U.S. government agencies have long resisted allowing commercial satellite companies to provide high-resolution images from their satellites to the public. …
After Delay, GEOINT 2013 Symposium Kicks Off With An Asterisk
After being delayed half a year due to the government shutdown, the GEOINT 2013 Symposium is being held April 14-17 …
The Distributed Common Ground System-Army Receives A Revision
The Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A) is designed to provide U.S. Army warfighters with a unified intelligence picture at all …
Distributed Battle Management: DARPA Seeks to Manage Increasingly Complex Contested Airspace
Anyone who has seen the 2005 movie Stealth has seen a vision of a unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs) fighting …
Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
To highlight the recent announcement that the Heron unmanned aerial vehicle’s (UAV’s) presence in Afghanistan will be extended well into …