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By Philip Ewing on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 
The House Armed Service Committee would keep open the Army’s tank production line, rather than idling it for three years, and would go ahead with a full planned purchase of F-35Bs for the Marine Corps.
Posted in Air, Land | 48 Comments »
By Philip Ewing on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 
The House Armed Services Committee, undeterred by DoD’s decision to kill the alternate engine, is attempting a multi-pronged approach to try to bring it back to life again.
Posted in Air | 35 Comments »
By Philip Ewing on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 
This week’s high-level discussions between the U.S. and China aren’t making a lot of headlines, but American diplomatic officials say they’re going well.
Posted in International | 40 Comments »
By Philip Ewing on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 
The Army’s workhorse wheeled ground vehicle is marking a decade of service that has included 27 million combat miles and countless engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Posted in Land | 49 Comments »
By Philip Ewing on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 
As more time passes since the death of Osama bin Laden, the clearer it becomes that it hasn’t changed today’s realities at home or in the wars abroad.
Posted in International | 25 Comments »
By Philip Ewing on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 Posted in Video | No Comments »
By Philip Ewing on Monday, May 9th, 2011 
Experts warn of an undiminished threat from a new generation of advanced, difficult-to-detect sea mines.
Posted in Naval | 3 Comments »
By Philip Ewing on Monday, May 9th, 2011 Posted in Asides | No Comments »
By Philip Ewing on Monday, May 9th, 2011 
The Pentagon will not confirm it’s in talks with Pakistan to get back the tail rotor of the now-famous secret helicopter, but it may have a way to replace it without anyone noticing.
Posted in Air, Rumors, Uncategorized | 23 Comments »
By Philip Ewing on Monday, May 9th, 2011 
A new report declares that China’s dreaded J-20 will make all of Asia’s air defense systems obsolete and enable the Chinese to strike almost any target, anywhere, any time.
Posted in Air | 144 Comments »
By Philip Ewing on Friday, May 6th, 2011 
The week that was, and the links that were.
Posted in Uncategorized | 5 Comments »
By Philip Ewing on Friday, May 6th, 2011 
Does the big, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier have a future in the 21st century? It depends on who you ask.
Posted in Naval | 67 Comments »
By Philip Ewing on Friday, May 6th, 2011 Posted in Asides | No Comments »
By Philip Ewing on Friday, May 6th, 2011 
A glitch in the F-22’s oxygen system has prompted the Air Force to temporarily ground its entire fleet.
Posted in Air | 79 Comments »
By Philip Ewing on Friday, May 6th, 2011 
The Army’s chief of staff never wants to see soldiers get into a fair fight. How can a simple infantry squad have as big an edge as possible when it needs to go up against the bad guys?
Posted in Land | 15 Comments »
By Philip Ewing on Friday, May 6th, 2011 Posted in Asides | No Comments »
By Philip Ewing on Thursday, May 5th, 2011 
The death of bin Laden doesn’t make America ‘safer,’ as some believe, a prominent defense analyst writes — instead it should make Americans realize how much the nation has been weakened over the past 10 years.
Posted in Policy | 22 Comments »
By Philip Ewing on Thursday, May 5th, 2011 
The Army will let the Navy take responsibility for the five Joint High Speed Vessels it originally planned to buy.
Posted in Naval | 7 Comments »
By Philip Ewing on Thursday, May 5th, 2011 Posted in Video | No Comments »
By Philip Ewing on Thursday, May 5th, 2011 
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee announced he’s on board with a plan in which GE and Rolls-Royce would pay to keep alive the alternate engine for the F-35.
Posted in Uncategorized | 17 Comments »