by Allen McDuffee | Jan 7, 2014 | Monitor
A new drone with the mammoth wingspan of a Boeing 757 is set to give the U.S. Navy some serious surveillance power.
by Allen McDuffee | Dec 11, 2013 | Monitor
The Navy may have a new line of defense against a changing threat environment after the successful missile firing from a new multi-role launcher in development. In a recent round of tests announced Tuesday, Chemring Countermeasures and Raytheon Missile Systems...
by Allen McDuffee | Dec 5, 2013 | Monitor
After more tests completed last month, the Navy and Marines decided that the RQ-21A Blackjack drone is worth the gamble. They’re putting money on the program that could provide them with a dedicated multi-intelligence drone in a matter of months.
by zen | Nov 14, 2013 | Monitor
Chinese Navy [by Mark Safranski, a.k. a. “zen”] The editors of the excellent War of the Rocks invited me to post a short rebuttal to the op-ed “How Not to Go to War With China”, by Scott Cheney-Peters, which appears in their “Hasty Ambush”...
by Allen McDuffee | Nov 5, 2013 | Monitor
The U.S. Navy has decided it’s finally time to get sailors new shipboard coveralls that won’t burst into flames and melt with a touch of a single match.