Rapid Fire 2010-02-02: JSF Woes

Rapid Fire 2010-02-02: JSF Woes

* Taiwan prepares to order a $6.45 billion weapons package, sparks predictable diplomatic huffing. * The Pentagon plans to replace the official in charge of the F-35 JSF program and withhold $614 million in performance fees from Lockheed Martin for failing to meet key...
Rapid Fire 2010-02-02: JSF Woes

EFSS: USMC Gets 3rd Leg of Expeditionary Fire Support Triad

EFSS Concept(click to view full) Major article upgrade, incl. recent ammo production launch. (Jan 31/11) The U.S. Marine Corps sees the 120mm Expeditionary Fire Support System (EFSS) mortar as the 3rd leg of its triad of land-based fire support for expeditionary...
Rapid Fire 2010-02-02: JSF Woes

‘Battles are Decided by the Quartermasters’: US Army Modernizes Its Logistics

Rommel understood logistics(German Federal Archives)(click to view full) The importance of logistics has long been recognized by generals. German Field Marshall Edwin Rommel once commented: “Battles are decided by the quartermasters before the first shot is...