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Dan Parsons
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Air ForceKendall: Energy Weapons Ideal, But Not Ready For Tactical Air Defense
Directed energy weapons would be ideal for countering many of the anti-access, area-denial threats that peer nations pose to the United States in wartime, but technology has not progressed to […]
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Air ForceF-35 Begins Gatling Gun Ground Testing Ahead of Marine Corps IOC
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is on a roll with gun trials of the Air Force version of the jet underway just ahead of a declaration by the Marine […]
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CongressLawmakers Grill Prospective Marine Corps Chief On Iraq Troop Commitment
The prospective 37th commandant of the Marine Corps sailed fairly unscathed through his confirmation hearing Thursday until the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee called him out for lack […]
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ArmyCommonality Pushed As Key To Future Vertical Lift Success
In order to develop its future vertical lift (FVL) platforms in a timely and affordable manner without having the helicopters become obsolete before they ever see combat, the Army must […]
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Air ForceStovepiped, Proprietary F-35 Software May Adopt Open Architecture For Future Upgrades
BALTIMORE — The future airborne capability environment (FACE) consortium is working with the F-35 Lightning II program office in anticipation that future upgrades to the aircraft’s avionics software will be […]
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CyberGovernment Still Ironing Out Role In Defending Industry From Cyber Attack
Even in the wake of near-disastrous data breaches of its own personnel records, and some of the largest corporations in the country, the U.S. government is woefully unprepared to detect […]
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Open Architecture Standards For Avionics Close To Reality
Developers of the future airborne capability environment are on the cusp of setting up the first-ever standard architecture for avionics systems in military procurement history. Terry Carlson, the current chair […]
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ArmyArmy Guard Units Lack Funding To Retrain Apache Pilots To Fly Black Hawks
The Army National Guard not only is being forced to give up its AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, but it also does not enough funding to retrain reserve component Apache pilots […]
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ArmyArmy European Command Prepares To Counter Russia With Smaller Force
The Army is trying to deter further Russian aggression in Europe but must find a way to do so with about a 10th of the force it had to counter […]
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PentagonJIEDDO Renamed And Given Expanded Mission
The organization established to find ways of spotting and disposing of roadside bombs and other improvised explosives has been downsized and renamed, a restructuring that was done in parallel with […]