by Carl Borsani | May 25, 2017 | Industry News
The secretive Pentagon organization in charge of turning existing weapons systems into new warfighting concepts says it has a perfect track record so far: the military services have accepted all six of the technologies the Strategic Capabilities Office has offered up...
by Carl Borsani | May 25, 2017 | DEC News Stories
Each year the Kittyhawk Chapter sponsors two academic awards for the graduating class at AFIT here at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. This year’s ceremony was on Thursday, March 23, 2017 on the AFIT campus at Wright-Patterson AFB. The two academic award recipients are...
by Carl Borsani | May 25, 2017 | Industry News
PENTAGON: Consider 35 pounds of metal moving at Mach 5.8. Ten shots per minute. 1,000 shots before the barrel wears out under the enormous pressures. That’s the devastating firepower the Navy railgun program aims to deliver in the next two years, and they’re well on...
by Carl Borsani | May 12, 2017 | Industry News
The F-35A excelled at the Red Flag exercises at Nellis AFB this year, leaving advocates of traditional fighter aircraft design and performance shaking their heads. The 13 F-35As faced the most advanced aggressor aircraft and simulated threats available and the Joint...
by Carl Borsani | May 12, 2017 | Industry News
It’s one of the lesser-known — but also one of the most important — weapons in the fight against the Islamic State: The EC-130H Compass Call, a suite of complex communication-jamming systems, stuffed into aging cargo planes that date back to the Vietnam War.But...