The Pentagon in Peace and War
Even today, 75 years later, the numbers are staggering: The massive building, constructed to bring the U.S. Department of War …
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Coast Guard Outlook 2018 – 2019
Faircount Media Group has released the latest edition of Coast Guard Outlook – dedicated to the pioneering Semper Paratus (Always …
A New Home: How the Pentagon Came to Be
On Thursday, July 17, 1941, the day that New York Yankees centerfielder Joe DiMaggio would go 0-3 against the Cleveland …
Semiconductor Safari: Exotic Materials Beyond Silicon
At this moment, the semiconductor industry is justifiably focused on the impending inflection in Moore’s Law, the famous technology projection …
Ready To Eat! Thirty Years of the MRE: New Processing Technologies and the Coming of Ketchup and Mustard
In the final installment of our series on the Meal, Ready to Eat and its 30 years of history we …
Brain Buckets, Tin Hats, and Steel Pots: Helmets Have Improved Over Nearly a Century of Use
It’s hard not to get a sickening feeling, staring at photographs of all the gallant young soldiers, resplendent in their …
The Christmas Truce, 1914
The Imperial War Museum photograph captures the oddity of the Christmas Truce, where British and German troops met in no …
Hitler’s Winter Blunder
On Nov. 8, 1941, Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels published an article in the magazine Reich that called …
Lockheed Martin is Awarded Contract to Design Homeland Defense Radar in Hawaii
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $585 million contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to design, develop and deliver its …
Tomorrow’s Technology Tested By Warfighters
When supercars are produced they aren’t introduced to the racing circuit right away. Designing high-performance equipment requires careful testing and …