Virginia Class cutaway(click to view: Large!) General Dynamics subsidiary Electric Boat Corp. in Groton, CT received a $116.4 million modification to previously awarded contract for lead yard services, and for development studies and design efforts, related to the US...
SU-30MKI, Typhoon, F3(click to view full) DID usually restricts its coverage to procurements, but issues of doctrine and lessons and innovations from the field also qualify. Drawing conclusions from exercises is always tricky, and can never replace combat experience....
FV430 Mk3, Iraq(click to view full) The British Army is currently upgrading about 500 FV430 Mk3 Armored Personnel Carriers with specialty armor and upgraded components (including IED jammer antennas in some cases), in order to equip an armored battlegroup. The intent...
Pascagoula, 2005(click to view full) In the wake of 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, the US passed Section 2203 of Public Law 109-234, “Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Defense, The Global War on Terror and Hurricane Recovery 2006.” The stated...
USAF, Kunsan AB(click to view full) Sometimes, the nice thing to do as an ally is also the fiscally smart thing. Take military maintenance, for example. If your fighters are based in an allied country that flies the same aircraft, and that country has already set up...