Rapid Fire 2011-11-28: Field Networking Equipment

Rapid Fire 2011-11-28: Field Networking Equipment

* Boeing begins shipping WGS-4 to Cape Canaveral, FL, in preparation for a January 2012 launch. It’s the first Block II Wideband Global Satcom satellite. * The US Army is evaluating its latest build of field networking equipment, after the 3-week NIE 12.1 event....
Rapid Fire 2011-11-28: Field Networking Equipment

Thanksgiving 2011

It’s that time of year again. For those of you celebrating American Thanksgiving, or who just want a feast, the US Defense Commissary Agency has some tips for cooking turkey, and some recipes. Our big recommendation: if you’re deep-frying your turkey, be...
Rapid Fire 2011-11-28: Field Networking Equipment

Rapid Fire 2011-11-24: 10kW Lasers

* Cost-effective procurement: How to break over 500 jihadis out of Kandahar prison, for $20,000. As told by the the operation’s planners to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s “Voice of Jihad.” * DCNS’ Gowind Class offshore patrol vessel...
Rapid Fire 2011-11-28: Field Networking Equipment

US-South Korea Rift? Of Tiger Eyes & Industrial Spies

ROKAF F-15K(click to view full) In late November 2011, South Korea’s left-wing Hankyoreh newspaper reports that a combination of unauthorized examination of an F-15K’s Lockheed Martin “Tiger Eyes” IRST(InfraRed Search and Track) sensor, and...