Minotaur I(click to view full) Arms control treaties and other deactivations have left the USA with over 1,400 ballistic missile rocket motors in storage. The USAF’s Rocket Systems Launch Program looks at ways to reuse them for missile defense testing or...
Nov 30/12: International Development and Resources in Centreville, VA receives a $250 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract to provide aviation specialized support services in support of the US Special Operations Command, Technology Applications...
Farewell, Enterprise The world’s 1st nuclear powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, was officially inactivated on Dec 1/12. The US Army will proceed with a new acquisition for an Armed Scout helicopter, according to unnamed sources who talked with...
(click to view full) Australia’s 2009 Defence White paper promised a number of programs, including an effort to rationalize the DoD’s storage and distribution network. The White Paper’s target involved consolidating 24 wholesale sites into 7,...
IOTV: key features(click to view full) When reading about modern body armor one often hears about small arms protective inserts (SAPI) or Enhanced SAPI (ESAPI) ceramic plate inserts. While these inserts are more fragile than past generations of inserts, they offer a...