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Army Seeks Brownout Fixes For Helo Pilots; Afghan Tests Loom
Filed under: Land The Army will test a new system designed to lessen the worst danger military helicopter crews and their passengers have faced during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- blinding sand,...
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Navy Bets On Arleigh Burkes To Sail Until 2072; 40 Years Afloat For Some
Filed under: SeaTomorrow morning, at Manhattan's Pier 88, the Navy will commission its newest destroyer, DDG-112. The USS Michael Murphy's namesake was uncompromisingly heroic, a Navy SEAL who died...
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Lockheed Looks Abroad To Sell LCS, MH-60, Radars -- But Who's Buying?
Filed under: SeaWASHINGTON: Defense contractors believe they must sell to foreign countries as US spending shrinks. But what's materialized overseas so far is much too small to make up for the decline...
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Navy's Move To Growler 70% Complete; Build-Up Reflects Stealth Doubts
Filed under: SeaWHIDBEY ISLAND, WASHINGTON: "Every two weeks, we get another Growler," Cmdr. Christopher Middleton said at the Navy's electronic warfare hub here. The Navy target is to buy 114 EA-18G...
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Will Stealth Survive As Sensors Improve? F-35, Jammers At Stake
Filed under: Air[Corrected 9:35 pm with a note about the EC-130 Compass Call] Is stealth still America's silver bullet? Or are potential adversaries' radars getting too smart for US aircraft to keep...
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Navy Bets On 'Baby Steps' To Improve Electronic Warfare; F-35 Jamming Not Enough
Filed under: SeaPENTAGON: While the Air Force and the Marines stake their future on a great leap forward to the stealthy F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Navy is taking what one officer called "baby...
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Raytheon's 'Tippy Two' Radar Gets Back In The Budget -- Knock On Wood
Filed under: Strategy & Policy[UPDATED 7pm with Sec. Hagel remarks] WASHINGTON: This afternoon, newly installed Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel gave a nod to a high-tech radar, the AN/TPY-2 --...
View ArticleJLENS: Blimp Battle Continues With Letter From Rep. Robert Andrews
Filed under: Intel & CyberWASHINGTON: New Jersey Congressman Robert Andrews fired off a letter to the Army on March 12th urging the service to keep funding the JLENS radar blimp in 2014. (Click...
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Adm. Greenert: Wireless Cyberwar, The EM Spectrum, And The Changing Navy
Filed under: Intel & Cyber, Sea Adm. Jonathan Greenert is Chief of Naval Operations, the Navy's most senior officer. Greenert has emphasized the convergence between traditional electronic warfare...
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Navy Battles Cyber Threats: Thumb Drives, Wireless Hacking, & China
Filed under: Intel & Cyber, SeaPENTAGON: Technology is a two-edged sword, and it can cut the hand that wields it in unexpected ways. For a generation, ever since the first Gulf War, the information...
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