Batteries. So many things in the modern soldier’s kit seem to require batteries that their combined weight has started to become an issue. Meanwhile, batteries are necessary to keep many of those high-tech gew-gaws working. Staff America Inc. in Valdese, NC...
Bye, EP-3 Aries II(click to view full) The Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) is a joint US Army/ US Navy program that would replace three different reconnaissance planes used for signals interception (SIGINT), ground-looking SAR radars, and imagery intelligence (IMINT). The...
X-45 and X-47 J-UCAS(click to view full) The September 2005 issue of Avionics Magazine has an excellent and informative article covering the $4-5 billion X-45/47 J-UCAS program, and the evolution of American UAVs. DID has covered the overall direction of that...
Scope & Goggles: $700Saving an eye: Priceless Under a law Congress passed in October 2004, the Defense Department had until Feb. 25, 2005 to develop regulations reimbursing US soldiers for mission-related equipment, which is limited to $1,100 per item. In...
JASSM with F-16(click to view full) The US Defense Budget has gone to “reconciliation,” during which the US Congress and Senate attempt to take the different defense budgets passed in each body, and reconcile them into one official document for the...
