China’s Innovation Policies Will Create Greater Imbalances Originally published in Manufacturing and Technology News, February 18, 2011 03/03/2011 - China’s strategy of forcing western multinational companies to transfer their most innovative technologies, research and design to China in order to continue doing business there is succeeding, and it is succeeding…
03/03/2011 - [slidepress gallery='uss-bainbridge-leaves-norfolk'] Credit text and photos: U.S. Navy Visual Service, January 4th, 2011 The first photo shows sailors on the Sea and Anchor detail hauling in the mooring lines aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge as the ship prepares to leave Naval Station Norfolk. The second photo shows…
Coast Guard Rescues Man from Overturned Boat 02/10/2011 - The crew from Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay rescue a man from a small island located in Redwood Creek after his boat overturned, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. The Coast Guard received notification of the distressed man from the Humboldt County…
The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator 02/10/2011 - An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator completes its first flight at Edwards Air Force Base. The Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration program will demonstrate the capability of an autonomous, low-observable unmanned aircraft to perform carrier launches and recoveries. [slidepress…
[caption id="attachment_13725" align="alignleft" width="400" caption="European Commission Report"][/caption] 12/21/2010 - Preparing Europe for a New Renaissance: A Strategic View of the European Research Area says the European Union and the world are in need of another “renaissance” in order to confront the challenges that will present themselves when 9 billion people…
Tanks In Afghanistan: Supplementing or Augmenting Air Power Via Direct Fire Support By Murielle Delaporte
[email protected] Leopard 2 (www.forces.gc.ca) 12/09/2010 - M1A1 Abrams vs Leopard 2A6M? If the Canadians and the Danes regularly use their tanks in the Afghan theatre – respectively since 2006 and 2007 -- the U.S. military…
Backgrounder EUNAVFOR, A Promising "First" By Harry Syringas
[email protected] Atalanta operation in the Gulf of Aden The aim of the "Eunavfor Somalia - Atalanta operation" is to protect ships of the World Food Programme (WFP) transporting food to the displaced populations of Somalia, to protect the vulnerable ships sailing off…
12/7/2010 - Story below from : www.i-mef.usmc.mil KC-130J Harvest Hawk takes on new role in Afghanistan By Sergent Deanne Hurla, Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, November 17th, 2010, "Since 2003, KC-130Js have played a vital role in transporting coalition forces and cargo throughout Helmand and Nimroz provinces; however, the latest KC-130 to…
