2013-06-22 By Kenneth Maxwell According to the BBC, the current protests in Brazil might well lead to problems facing Brazil in hosting next year’s World Cup. Football supporters fleeing tear gas and rubber bullets. Angry mobs torching banks and buses. Gleaming new stadiums encircled by activists. These are images few…
2013-06-21 According to ABC news (Australia) in a news broadcast on June 20, 2013, the Chairman of Quickstep Technologies argues that a key way ahead for Australian defense industry is in using the technology developed from past government programs and accessing global supply chains. TONY EASTLEY: We're broadcasting today from a…
2013-06-21 Third Denel A400M work package re-negotiated after acquisition cancellation The loss of a multi-million Rand contract as a result of South Africa’s withdrawal from the A400M program has been successfully re-negotiated thanks to the ability of a Denel Group company to deliver on time and within budget in the…
2013-06-20 We wrote earlier about the apparent lack of U.S. urgency in re-norming airpower with regard to the introduction and con-ops innovations associated with fifth generation aircraft. Now, however. the USMC, the USAF and the USN have laid down IOCs for the aircraft, which clearly reflect a sense of urgency.…
06/20/2013: USS Carter Hall flight operations In photos 1 and 2, as part of an ammunition resupply, an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), lands on the flight deck of the USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) while at sea April 6,…
2013-06-20 by Richard Weitz The end of the Cold War confrontation between Moscow and the West simultaneously created an environment favorable for improved Russian-Western relations and established conditions that made conflict likely. On the one hand, the July 1991 dissolution of the integrated Warsaw Pact, held together by the Soviet…
06/18/2013: Exercise Dawn Blitz 2013: Off Loading Equipment [slidepress gallery='exercise-dawn-blitz-2013'] Credit:1st Marine Division - Combat Camera:6/14/13 In the first three photos, U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment-17, 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade and U.S. Navy Sailors with Naval Beach Group-1, Expeditionary Strike Group-3, conduct Maritime Prepositioning Force training and offload equipment…
2013-06-19 By Brett Davis Although they are far from being the focus, unmanned aircraft continue to be a running feature of the Paris Air Show, ranging in size from the AR.Drone Parrot to the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Predator. France’s AR.Drone has upgraded its “dancing drones” exhibit to an outdoor…
