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National Defense
August 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Spate of Hypersonic Vehicle Tests Fuels Global Strike Debate Two vehicles, along with a hypersonic missile, have all been mentioned as means to carry out the "prompt global strike" concept.   |
National Defense
August 2015
Stew Magnuson |
Hypersonic Weapons Race Gathers Speed What nation wouldn't want a weapon that closes in on its target at Mach 10, or about 7,500 mph? |
Popular Mechanics
January 2007
Noah Shachtman |
Hypersonic Cruise Missile: America's New Global Strike Weapon The mission: Attack anywhere in the world in less than an hour. But is the Pentagon's bold program a critical new weapon for hitting elusive targets, or a good way to set off a nuclear war? |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2004 |
U.S. space experts focus on reusable launch systems for small satellites The business of orbital satellites continues to grow, and the biggest growth in demand is coming from the smallest payloads. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2008
J.R. Wilson |
DARPA Black Swift Seeks to Capitalize on Lessons Learned From NASP DARPA and the U.S. Air Force have joined efforts to develop a hypersonic aerospace vehicle to function as a low-Earth-orbit spacecraft and capable of speeds as fast as Mach 6. |
National Defense
September 2015
Graham Kilmer |
Defense Leaders Make Renewed Push For Operationally Responsive Space The Defense Department is eyeing small satellites and new launch systems as potential ways to maintain U.S. space resilience. |
Popular Mechanics
December 28, 2009
Michael Belfiore |
The Top 9 Airplane Tech Advances of the Last 10 Years The past decade has seen enhancements in everything from cargo planes to hypersonics. |
National Defense
November 2015
Stew Magnuson |
Air Force Research Lab Tries to Stay Ahead of Rivals The Air Force Research Laboratory has a list of what it calls five "game changers" that will help maintain the Air Force's reputation of creating cutting edge technologies. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2005
DeBlois et al. |
Star-Crossed Should the United States, or any nation for that matter, weaponize space? From orbiting lasers to metal rods that strike from the heavens, the potential to wage war from space raises startling possibilities---and serious problems. |
National Defense
July 2014
Yasmin Tadjdeh |
New Chinese Threats to U.S. Space Systems Worry Officials If China continues to make strides and develops weapons that reach farther, it could one day threaten key satellites in geosynchronous orbit. |
Industrial Physicist
Aug/Sep 2004
Dean Andreadis |
Technology: Scramjets integrate air and space As the 21st century unfolds, a revolutionary engine technology is aiming to fly craft at high Mach speeds and seamlessly integrate air-to-space operations. |
Defense Update
March 2007 |
Smart Weapons for UAVs The Origins of Weaponized UAVs... Deployment of Weaponized UAVs... Gravity Dropped Munitions for UAVs... etc. |
National Defense
July 2011
Stew Magnuson |
Troubled Space-Based Infrared Satellite Program Finally Gets Off the Ground On May 7, the Air Force successfully sent to geosynchronous orbit GEO-1, the first SBIRS satellite. It was a long, tortuous road, lasting some 15 years with a price tag that will come to $10.4 billion. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2010
James Oberg |
U.S. Air Force Launches Secret Flying Twinkie Military's new space plane tests unnamed powers |
Popular Mechanics
July 2006
Jeff Wise |
Flying Off The Drawing Board New technology is poised to transform aviation, finally making Personal Air Vehicles possible. |
National Defense
June 2008
Breanne Wagner |
Low-Cost Space Launch Vehicles Await Liftoff A new generation of small rockets may fulfill the Air Force's goal of creating a market for low-cost space launches. |
Popular Mechanics
February 9, 2009
Glenn Reynolds |
Can Obama Ban Space Weapons Successfully? Soon after President Obama took office, the White House Web site stated that the administration would seek a worldwide ban on weapons interfering with military and commercial satellites. |
National Defense
February 2016
Ashley Johnson |
Naval Energetics Research Needs Renewed Focus While other nations are making strides in energetic material development, the United States has remained dormant. |
National Defense
September 2007
Sandra I. Erwin |
Small Drone and Missile Network Allows for Quick Strikes Army officials are considering deploying small man-portable drones that can not only locate targets but also send, within seconds, precise coordinates of the targets to a missile launcher located five miles away. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2010
Erico Guizzo |
Tech in Sight Three ways to move people - fast, faster, fastest. For the speed boost that was promised us in so many futuristic movies, look to these three technologies. |
Popular Mechanics
January 24, 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
Secret Test at Air Force Base Aims to Break Land Speed Record Next week, engineers at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico will try to break a land speed record, blasting a rail-mounted rocket sled at Mach 8.9 during a test of a classified Navy system. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2008
J.R. Wilson |
The Agency of Continuing Vision: DARPA Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and several reviews are being written of its contributions to various areas of military and civilian science and technology |
Fast Company
October 19, 2011
Adam L. Penenberg |
Regina Dugan's Innovative Strategy For DARPA DARPA director Regina Dugan is bringing speed and creative thinking to the Pentagon. |
National Defense
November 2006
Sandra I. Erwin |
While More Research is Directed to Irregular Combat, War Spending Could Deter Advances in Military Weapons Irregular insurgents have not only have forced military commanders to rethink their strategies and tactics, but they also have set off a transformation in how defense researchers and scientists think about developing new technology. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2012
G. Pascal Zachary |
The World According to DARPA The most famous name in American innovation today isn't Apple or Google. It's DARPA. Here's why |
National Defense
April 2010
Sandra I. Erwin |
Can DARPA Rescue the Pentagon From Its Acquistion Doldrums? The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency launched a program last year to figure out how to build complex weapons five times faster than before. Now comes word that they also intend to revolutionize the way the military buys communications satellites. |
