The Air-Sea Battle Concept: New Strategy for a New Era
The Secretary of Defense recently released the long-awaited document, Air-Sea Battle: Service Collaboration to Address Anti-Access & Area Denial Challenges. …
Programs & Technology
Sea Dart Missile: A Parting Salute
In June, the last of the Royal Navy’s Type 42 destroyers, HMS Edinburgh, was retired. With her went the Sea …
Successful Flight Test for Bi-Directional Remote Video Terminal (BDRVT)
A two-hour flight test of a U.S. Army Shadow unmanned aerial system (UAS) on June 26, 2013, represented a major …
RDECOM Facilitates Q-Net II Test Data Transfer to France
The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) recently transferred test data regarding the Q-Net II RPG-defense system to …
Book Review – The Race for Hitler’s X-Planes: Britain’s 1945 Mission To Capture Secret Luftwaffe Technology
By the time World War II ended in Europe, the Third Reich had introduced into warfare jet- and rocket-propelled combat …
The Navy’s X-47B Flies With Air Force Engine
Few realize that as the X-47B performed touch-and-goes on the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) a week after its …
SOCOM Clarifies SOF Experimentation Plans
United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) representatives have clarified near term plans to continue a collaborative industry experimentation program. Emerging …
TechWatch: Making Electronics Waterproof
More than a decade of combat in Southwest Asia raised many new problems and led to new solutions for U.S. …
In a Time of Defense Budget Difficulties, an Opportunity for Reform
Kori N. Schake, Ph.D., is a research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. She began her government work at the …
Marine Corps Explores Future Route Reconnaissance and Clearance (R2C) Capabilities
The United States Marine Corps is exploring a range of future route reconnaissance and road clearance capabilities under a business …