* US intelligence pores over Al Qaeda materials retrieved from Osama Bin Laden's compound. * RAF Tornado fighters destroy Libyan FROG-7 mobile rocket launchers and missiles as well as Scud missile containers south of Sirte. NATO release * Qadaffi's regime in Libya is...
X-45C, F/A18F, F-15E(click to view full) In 1998, Boeing began a revolutionary development program: create an unmanned aircraft that was about the size of the USAF's F-117 stealth fighter, with similar performance, better stealth, and better range. DARPA's J-UCAS...
* Surviving tail wreckage of the H-60 Black Hawks used in the Bin Laden raid reveals unique "stealth" features. Bill Sweetman discusses the limits of helicopter stealth, and here's a link to both tail wreckage photos and some derived conceptual illustrations. * The...
* Boeing charged the US Army $13 million more than the "fair and reasonable" price for 18 parts, the DoD Inspector General concludes [PDF]; so far, Boeing has refunded $1.6 million. * House Armed Services Committee panels release details of FY 2012 National Defense...
Through the Co-operative Threat Reduction program, the Department of Defense provides equipment, services, and technical advice to Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine to assist them in eliminating (or in the case of Russia, reducing) the weapons of mass...
* US, Romania agree to install European missile defense system site at Deveselu Air Base, about 145 miles west of Bucharest, Romania. * Biometrics played role in Osama bin Laden identification, says White House counterterrorism adviser; DoD provides background...
(c) DJ Elliott(click to view full) DJ Elliott is a retired USN Intelligence Specialist (22 years active duty) who has been analyzing and writing on Iraqi Security Forces developments since 2006. His Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle is an open-source compilation...
May 3/11: The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announces [PDF] Iraq's official request for various radios and communication equipment to equip its Federal Police Force, as well as associated equipment, parts, training and support. Harris Corporation in White...
AN/TPQ-48 LCMR(click to view full) April 25/11: SRCTec, Inc. in North Syracuse, NY wins an unfinalized $14.1 million maximum bridge contract from the US Army, to provide spare parts for the AN/TPQ-48 Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar System (LCMR). The LCMR is an...