Is the US Still Preparing for the Wrong War?
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Reuters asks why the US builds weapons as if wars will manifest as America wants them to and provides a historic and current account of how weapon choices continue to make this mistake.
Selfies appearing on Twitter this week include a MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAS, crashed in Iraq, The Aviationist reports it had US Army markings and speculates whose operating the aircraft in the region.
The Army is studying how to shoot down UAVs with a chain gun, reports Real Clear Defense. The Navy launched and recovered for the first time an underwater drone from a submarine, reports Military Times.
The Navy issued a $39.1 million contract modification for Northrop Grumman to adjust the performance risks in the Triton UAV’s air-to-air radar technology, reports Intelligent Aerospace.
DoD has ordered increased security at all US facilities, including recruiting centers, in response to a lone gunman in Chattanooga, TN, killing four Marines and a Navy petty officer, reports PilotOnline.
NAVAIR trialled a technology to enhance video receiving capabilities and data exchange with centers ashore, reports Naval Technology, the Navy plans to add the capability to a carrier in 2016.
SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk suspects last month’s launch accident of the unmanned Falcon 9 rocket was the result of a snapped a 2-foot steel strut inside the rocket, reports NewsMax.
DoD expanded regulations in the 2006 Military Lending Act to close loopholes that lenders could exploit, some charging interest rates in the triple digits, reports The Hill.
