Army Looks Abroad for Lighter Sniper Rifle Barrels
The U.S. Army continues to expand its search for lightweight sniper barrel technologies, seeking assistance from both domestic and international …
Programs & Technology
Worldwide Warplane Programs Update
In matters of defense aerospace, 2011 will be remembered as a year in which vital decisions about acquisition, policy, and …
Gulf Coast Shipbuilders Play Key Role in Modernizing Egyptian Naval Forces
Two Gulf Coast shipbuilders, VT Halter Marine (Pascagoula, Miss.) and Swiftships (Morgan City, La.), are playing important roles in modernizing …
U.S. Marine Corps Year in Review
After a decade of growth in size and capability, 2012 – the centennial of Marine Corps aviation – should have …
iRobot Expands and Enhances Robotic Systems
The recent 2012 Ground Robotics Capabilities Conference and Exhibition, sponsored by the National Defense Industrial Association, provided a venue for …
Small Arms Developments
The recent close of proposal submissions for the U.S. Army’s long-awaited Individual Carbine (IC) program marked the culmination of an …
U.S. Navy Year in Review
For the U.S. Navy, 2011 will forever be known as the year the service’s special warriors caught and killed Osama …
Corps of Engineers ‘Builds Green’
Sustainable design has long been a part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) military construction program, but in …
U.S. Seeks Improved Fragmentation Hand Grenade
The U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Division, Crane, Ind., is seeking information on designs for an improved fragmentation hand grenade that …
The FY 2012 Defense Budget
For all the fiery debates it launched in 2011, the U.S.’s fiscal year 2012 Defense budget achieved reality in anticlimactic …