Col. John Boyd "In the mid to late fifties, a fighter pilot could earn himself a quick forty bucks and perhaps a nice steak dinner in Vegas - not to mention everlasting renown, which is to fighter pilots what oxygen is to us lesser beings - by meeting over the Green...
Beretta 92/M9, firing(click to view full) Beretta U.S.A. Corp. in Accokeek, MD recently received a 3-year, $8.2 million firm-fixed-price contract for 20,000 Beretta 92FS 9mm pistols. Work on this contract will be performed in Accokeek, MD, with an estimated completion...
DMLGB on AV-8B(click to view full) "Dual guidance" bombs are becoming popular. They cost more, but deliver on versatility once all that money has been spent to get its carrying aircraft into position. GPS/INS guidance gives them the ability to bomb through sandstorm,...
On the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, the guns ceased. During Remembrance Day, British Commonwealth countries remember those who came before, and those who came after, and all who have given in their nation's service. A number of European countries...
"Following each presidential election, GAO serves as a resource to assist with the transition to a new Congress and administration. Using its institutional knowledge and broad-based, nonpartisan work on matters across the government spectrum, GAO provides insight...
SDV Team 1(click to view full) Oct 28/08: Service-Disabled veteran owned small business qualifier Assessment and Training Solutions Consulting Corp. of Virginia Beach, VA received a $26.8 million firm fixed price contract for a base year to provide medical instruction...
(click to visit) IEEE originally stood for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, but the organization's scope of interest has expanded into so many related fields that it's now known only by its acronym. One field of intense interest to many IEEE...
Sniper ATPs(click to view full) Lockheed Martin's Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod was selected to equip US Air force aircraft in a competitive flyoff, and the firm has strengthened the AN/AAQ-33's global position with 9 export customers (Belgium, Britain, Canada,...
"Il n'y a pas de liberte, il n'y a pas d'egalite, il n'y a pas de fraternite sans securite." -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy By mid 2007 it seemed that France's President Sarkozy was softening on defense after an electoral stumble. In July 2007, Sarkozy put...