Atlantique 2(click to view full) France is the latest country to discover the usefulness of maritime patrol aircraft over land, as Atlantique aircraft over Mali went beyond mere surveillance to deliver "buddy-designated" Paveway-II laser guided bombs. DGA head Laurent...
Shutdown Fallout * BAE Systems CEO Linda Hudson wrote that following the government shutdown, about 1,000 employees from the company's Intelligence & Security sector have already been "excused from work at their customer sites." * DARPA is cancelling its industry day...
* United Technologies announced that they "will be forced to furlough thousands of workers due to the absence of Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) inspectors who audit and approve operations throughout the manufacturing process for military products." This...
* Republicans in Congress are trying again the piecemeal approach that succeeded after sequestration started kicking in, but it is unclear that this tactic will work this time around. So far these partial funding bills failed in the House of Representatives, but the...
* Just as the US federal government was heading into a shutdown, President Obama signed a law exempting military pay from delay (HR 3210 aka Pay Our Military Act). That still puts a lot of DoD civilian staffers on furlough. Sustaining military pay is about the only...
* With a 423-0 roll call, the US House of Representatives passed H.R. 3210, a bill making continuing appropriations for military pay in the event of a government shutdown. It looks likely to pass the Senate. Today is the final day for roundtrip(s) between the two...
EFSS Concept(click to view full) The U.S. Marine Corps sees the 120mm Expeditionary Fire Support System (EFSS) mortar as the 3rd leg of its expeditionary fire support triad. EFSS will be the short-range but easily transportable counterpart to the reduced-weight M777...
It's not an illusionit's GOP, er, GOB The US Senate is expected to send back to the House a "clean" continuing resolution (i.e. without Obamacare defunding) later today, but House Speaker Boehner said they will not accept it, though some Republicans seemed amenable to...
M2HB: "Aroint thee!"(click to view full) Built since the 1920s, the reliable, powerful, air-cooled .50 caliber (12.7 mm) M2 Browning Machine Gun (aka. "Ma Deuce") is still one of the world's most effective heavy machine guns. It can be carried by a team of soldiers,...