* Japan's ministry of defense posted their account (with maps) of Chinese aircraft operating in the East China Sea over the last two years. Japan has been scrambling jets sometimes several times a day in response, though in fairness, there was just a single episode of...
* Ukraine's president said Russian forces issued an ultimatum on Crimea, after blockading Ukrainian forces in the region. * A Rear Admiral just appointed to lead the Ukrainian navy swore allegiance to "the residents of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea", which really...
IOTV: key features(click to view full) The USA's Interceptor OTV (Outer Tactical Vest) Body Armor, and its SAPI/ESAPI ceramic plate inserts, offer a significant improvement over its 1990s predecessors in terms of both weight and protection. After episodic issues with...
* China's state media announced that both President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang are members of a new "Internet security and informatization" executive group whose purpose seems to be a mix of maintaining internal control and countering external threats. That is...
* US Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James announced that an RFP for the USA's next strategic bomber will be released "probably in the fall." Lockheed Martin and Boeing have publicly announced their team twice, in January 2008 then with an October 2013 remarriage,...
* Airbus announced sales up 5% to 59.3 billion euros ($81.5B) and orders worth 218.7 billion euros (about $300B) for 2013. Defense sales grew by 4% to 12.1 billion euros ($16.6B) thanks to initial A400M deliveries. Their defense backlog is down 4.6% to 47.3 billion...
* DARPA wants to make DoD procurement more secure with its Supply Chain Hardware Integrity for Electronics Defense (SHIELD) program. This would be done through small, very cheap components dedicated to authenticating the origin of their host electronic parts. The...
* Last Friday DID pondered who would stand up to Vladimir Putin's meddling in Ukraine, and the answer came quickly: Ukrainians. Since then, events moved at warp speed as the opposition stepped up the pressure with its newfound parliamentary majority. President...
AGS fires LRLAP(click to view full) It's easy to forget that the original rationale for the DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class centered around naval gunfire support for troops ashore, as the ship's estimated costs have risen and its missions have proliferated. Heavily armored US...