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The U.S. is the world’s largest aerospace and defense market, and also home to the world’s largest military budget. The growth of the Aerospace and Defense industry depends largely on the spending outlook of government departments, with the U.S. defense budget being the primary driver. The industry largely depends on U.S. government contracts…. Defense [...] For much of the past decade, NATO commanders have dictated most aspects of the allied war strategy, with Afghan military officers playing a far more marginal role. But with the signing of an agreement last month, Afghans have now inherited responsibility for so-called night raids — a crucial feature of the war effort. To [...] The CIA is seeking authority to expand its covert drone campaign in Yemen by launching strikes against terrorism suspects even when it does not know the identities of those who could be killed, U.S. officials said. Securing permission to use these “signature strikes” would allow the agency to hit targets based solely on intelligence [...] The U.S. Navy achieved a first when it fired Raytheon Company’s combat-proven Griffin B missile from a Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launcher. “Griffin enables sailors to defend against small, fast-moving surface craft employed by pirates and other non-traditional threats,” said Harry Schulte, vice president of Raytheon Missile Systems’ Air Warfare Systems product line. “Griffin [...] The Boeing Company and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed a flight test of the prototype Distributed Targeting System-Networked (DTS-N) on a Super Hornet. The system is designed to enhance the F/A-18E/F fighter jet’s targeting capabilities.The test took place in late 2011 at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Advanced Weapons Lab in [...] A surveillance aircraft operated by the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command flew over southeastern Yemen on the evening of March 9, tracking a mid-level Al Qaeda commander as he drove to his mountain hideout. American missiles soon rained down. The Al Qaeda commander was killed, along with 22 other suspected militants, most of them [...] American scientists have drawn up plans for a new generation of nuclear-powered drones capable of flying over remote regions of the world for months on end without refuelling. The blueprints for the new drones, which have been developed by Sandia National Laboratories – the US government’s principal nuclear research and development agency – and [...] The United States usually pays up to $2,500 for civilians killed in lawful operations such as air strikes, according to an investigation by CIVIC, a rights advocacy group The study, compiled two years ago, has been regularly updated…The payments are traditionally allocated in the case of accidental death….Historically, each time the U.S. goes to [...] A human rights group and a law firm took legal action Monday (March 12, 2012) against the British government, accusing it of passing on intelligence to assist U.S. covert drone attacks in Pakistan. The London-based charity Reprieve and the law firm Leigh Day & Co. are filing papers to the High Court claiming that [...] According to a Boeing Background Paper The Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) is a a multirole helmet system that enhances pilot situational awareness and provides headout control of aircraft targeting systems and sensors. In an airtoair role, the JHMCS, combined with the AIM9X missile, form the HighOffBoreSight (HOBS) system. HOBS is an airborne [...] |
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