F-16I: grounded(click to view full) Israel's F-16I Soufa ("Storm") is a highly modified version of the F-16D Block 52+ fighter, with a Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 engine, an internally mounted FLIR (forward looking infrared system, and replacement of American...
MV-22 Osprey(click to view full) Every once in a while, a defense-related controversy becomes large enough to hit mainstream news outlets. Making the cover of TIME Magazine is often a good sign for world leaders, but it's almost always a very bad sign for military...
Head X-Ray(click to view full) Brain injuries have become a focus of study and controversy received during the current war. This is partly the result of improved detection and understanding of maladies whose symptoms are sometimes subtle, and can be mistaken for...
The US Department of Defense has been facing serious accounting and finance-related issues for years. Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. is one of many consulting companies trying to help them change that, and in May 2006 they received a new blanket purchase agreement (BPA)...
(click for full report) The UK's Parliamentary Defence Committee has released its 2007-08 Session report that looks at the UK's new merged Defence Equipment & Support organization (formerly DPA and DLO), and assesses Britain's major procurement programs. The "Tenth...
Black Brant XII(click to view full) As NASA's sounding rocket program site tells us: "Sounding rockets carry scientific instruments into space along parabolic trajectories, providing nearly vertical traversals along their upleg and downleg, while appearing to "hover"...
Iraq's new rifles(click to view full) As Iraq's military gets back to its feet, it has received armored vehicles, up-armored Hummers, and assorted weapons, vehicles, and aircraft. The initial priority on armed combat forces that could be supported by American combat...
MSgt. Moreland: Fixed(click to view full) (Thanks to readers for pointing out the error in the previous version of this post.) You're in Afghanistan, at Bagram Air Base. The base needs water, which means drilling a well. The machine is shipped from Nellis AFB, NV to a...
SRV1 on Harstad(click to view full) A new submarine rescue system, owned jointly by France, Norway and the UK, has completed trials off the coast of Norway. The "SRV1" system is managed by the UK MoD's Defence Equipment & Support team on behalf of the 3 nations. When...