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By Sam Cohen Welcome to part one of the February 2016 members’ roundup. Over the past month CIMSEC members have examined several international maritime security issues, including recent Indian Navy maritime policy developments, aspects of the U.S. Navy’s defense procurement program, components of a notional South China Sea naval conflict between China and the U.S. and capability challenges for the U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Beginning the roundup at Offiziere, Darshana Baruah di...

Share Blue Force Technologies is developing the REDMedium UAS, pictured in this concept flying with Lockheed Martin F-35As. Credit: Blue Force Technologies When Will Roper, the former U.S. Air Force acquisition chief, called for applying unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to the adversary air mission in an interview in January with Aviation Week ( AW&ST Feb. 8-21, p. 46), the founder of an experimental aircraft prototype manufacturing company in North Carolina noticed. For two years, Blue F...

Type keyword(s) to search Why the F-35 Is Such a Badass Plane Is it America’s most capable fighter, or America’s most expensive headache? Why not both? Jan 31, 2021 Refueling under cover of darkness, a massive formation of U.S. Air Force, Royal Air Force, and Australian Air Force aircraft prepared for combat. Fourth-generation fighters hailing from all three nations—including F-16 Fighting Falcons, F-15 Eagles, and Eurofighter Typhoons—coordinated with E-8 Joint STARS comman...

Top Armor: Good Luck Stopping These 5 Tanks Most tanks—at least those in the arsenals of the West—are pretty much the same in terms of overall capability. Heres What You Need to Remember: Challenger 2 is considered one of the best-protected tanks in the world, equipped with second-generation Chobham Armor, a composite matrix of ceramic and metal with superior qualities over typical steel-rolled homogeneous armor. The result is tank armor capable of defeating both kinetic energy and high-ex...

LifeRing™ NOTIFY LifeRing™ Communication and Encryption Types Sends an alert even when the LifeRing™ app is not active on the device. Additionally, Lost/Stolen Devices can be Blocked. ... the Notify feature immediately activates necessary Command and Control and interoperability functions between U.S. and NATO C4I systems and can be used for First Responder disaster situations.” — Cap Beyer, CEOJUPITER, FLORIDA, USA, January 1, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Breakthrough pioneering wor...

(Courtesy photo) Dec. 12, 1955: First prototype of hovercraft patented by British engineer Christoper Cockerell. A hovercraft, also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, is an amphibious craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice, and other surfaces. Hovercraft use blowers to produce a large volume of air below the hull, or air cushion, that is slightly above atmospheric pressure. The pressure difference between the higher pressure air below the hull and lower pressure ambie...