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100th F-35 on the Assembly Line

01/31/2013
2013-01-30 According to a Lockheed Martin Press Release: Assembly of the 100th Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II is well underway at the F-35 production facility here. [caption id="attachment_50376" align="alignnone" width="300"] Wing of 100th F-35 on the Fort Worth Assembly Line, January 2013. Credit: Lockheed Martin  [/caption] F-35 technicians…

Hawaii Based F-22s

01/31/2013
12/09/2012:Hawaii-based F-22 b-roll of maintenance ops, taxing, taking off, landing, conducting pre-flight ops, and various shots of the aircraft itself. The F-22 is a core asset in any Pacific strategy.  As the F-35s get added to the mix, the USAF will have a high-high mix of 5th generation aircraft. http://sldinfo.wpstage.net/the-prc-claim-to-super-power-status-and-the-f-22-not-so-fast/…

Kings College Speech of Secretary Panetta

01/31/2013
01/31/2013: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks about the future of the transatlantic Alliance and calls for resolve in the face of a myriad of security threats facing the U.S. and Europe, and calls on European allies to help transform NATO to meet those common challenges.  In particular, the Secretary is calling…

Embedded GPS Could be Coming to Smaller and Smaller Systems

01/30/2013
2013-01-30 By Brett Davis Unmanned aircraft the size of hummingbirds could one day sport GPS navigation capability, according to Rockwell Collins, which is developing tiny GPS systems with DARPA. DARPA's Dynamics Enabled Frequency Sources (DEFYS) program has created tiny electronic oscillators that Rockwell Collins is testing on GPS radios. “Never…

Taiwan and Beijing: Part 2

01/30/2013
2013-01-30 By Richard Weitz In his inaugural address, Ma stated that there would be “no reunification, no independence, and no use of force.” During the campaign, Ma emphasized the need to revive the Taiwanese economy and advocated expanding social and economic ties with the Chinese mainland, including restoring direct communications, postal,…