C2 Strike Mobility Commander
While the U.S. Army’s semi-annual Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) events have created amazing mission command on the move capabilities integrated …
Programs & Technology
The Army of 2030
The myriad changes that the U.S. Army has undergone over the past dozen years of war serve to highlight the …
The P-8A Poseidon Adventure: Preparing for a First Deployment
By the time the parody-worthy screen thriller The Poseidon Adventure was released in 1972, the Navy’s P-3 Orion maritime patrol …
World War II German Helicopters – Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 and Fa 330 at War
After Focke’s Fa 61 experimental helicopter (described in Part 1) proved stable in flight and reliable in service, in 1938, …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: The Evolving Iranian Ballistic Missile Threat
The widely discussed U.S. “pivot” to Asia is one of the strategic themes that will likely dominate at least the …
Cancelled U.S. Aircraft Programs
Aviation is one of the most competitive industries in history. Competitive fly-offs – head-to-head battles like that of the recent …
CBO Report on Ground Combat Vehicle Neglects Army Data
This week’s release of the report, “The Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle Program and Alternatives,” by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) …
Army Capability Set 13 Fielding Scaled Back
It hasn’t quite become a mantra yet, but in the increasingly dynamic world of U.S. Army transformation and modernization, and …
Arctic Shield 2012
In a typical year, Alaska’s 1,060-mile Arctic coastline is encased in shorefast ice from November to July, a period when …
U.S. Marine Corps 2012: Year in Review
The past decade has been one of major changes for the U.S. military, none perhaps as extensively affected as the …