by Editorial Staff | Aug 21, 2013 | China, Coastal & Littoral, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Finmeccanica, Helicopters & Rotary, India, IT - Cyber-Security, Middle East - Other, Russia, USA
* US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dempsey explained in a letter to a congressman that opposition to the Assad regime in Syria is too fragmented and would not align with American interests, were they to prevail. In his opinion this weakens the case for...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 20, 2013 | BAE, China, Daily Rapid Fire, IT - Cyber-Security, Launch Vehicles, Middle East - Other, People, Soldier's Gear, Turkey, UAVs, USA
* China’s military officials are not even pretending to be credible when they state that they “oppose of taking use of information and technology to conduct any kind of operation and hostility towards another party in the cyber domain”, but given...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 19, 2013 | Africa - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Daily Rapid Fire, European Union (EU), Fighters & Attack, India, Industry & Trends, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Soldier's Gear, South Korea, Submarines, UAVs, USA
* The US Congress is split over what to do with military aid to Egypt, while the Obama administration is reviewing its options. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is floating the idea of a EU-wide arms embargo. By design in the European Union, nothing will happen without...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 16, 2013 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., China, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Iraq, Leadership & People, Logistics, South Korea, Submarines, Tanks & Mechanized
* After a 1-year test, the US’s 2nd Infantry Division (2ID) stationed in South Korea does not intend to use MRAPs that were previously used in Iraq or Afghanistan. This reduces the options for a shift of these vehicles from CENTCOM to PACOM, which is likely to...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 15, 2013 | Contracts - Awards, DARPA, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Satellites & Sensors, Signals Radio & Wireless, T&C - SAIC, USA
THz flow(click to view full) In 2009, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) began awarding contracts for innovative research proposals under its Terahertz (THz) Electronics Program. Readers will probably be asking the same question that crossed our...
