Pentagon Readies New Ship-Killers for Pacific Showdown
Pentagon planners were wary of China’s double-digit military-budget growth rates even before the global economic crisis put the squeeze on America’s own defense investment. Now the Chinese army’s...
View ArticleBudget Storm Could Sink U.S. Plan to Rule Sea and Sky
Back in 2009, the Navy and the Air Force secretly shook hands on a new way to work together to fight future wars against major powers. It’s called AirSea Battle, and not much about it has been made...
View ArticleStep 1 in U.S. Plan to Rule Sea and Sky: Actually Share Data
No one really understands the Navy and Air Force's new blueprint for dominating Earth's seas and skies. But what's increasingly clear, even to the heads of both the Navy and Air Force, is that there's...
View ArticleIn First, Navy Will Put 4G Network on Ships
Bandwidth on Navy ships is a scarce, expensive commodity. For sailors using non-essential systems, like recreational computers? Dial-up speeds -- if they're lucky. But by the end of the year, for the...
View ArticlePentagon’s ‘Air-Sea Battle’ Plan Explained. Finally.
In 2009, the Navy and the Air Force introduced a new concept for fighting called "Air-Sea Battle." Three years later, even Pentagon insiders are still completely baffled by it.
View ArticleDarpa’s Next Drone Could Be a Datalink Between Planes and Ships
The specs for Darpa's next big drone program point to its potential to act as a datalink between ships and planes. That would solve big problems for the Navy and Air Force.
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