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Roger That! Deciphering Military Jargon for the Video Game and Movie Industries

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Roger That! Deciphering Military Jargon for the Video Game and Movie Industries

Written by on Friday, November 16th, 2012

“We’ve gotta head out at zero-dark-thirty just so we can hurry up and wait. Hopefully it won’t be that long before we haul off to the sandbox.” Huh? That’s a good example of military lingo. “Zero-dark-thirty” is what warfighters call the period ...

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Did You Hear? The Air Force a Launched Minuteman III ICBM Yesterday

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Did You Hear? The Air Force a Launched Minuteman III ICBM Yesterday

Written by on Thursday, November 15th, 2012

Technology is progressing at a break-neck pace. Engineers are trying to figure out how to equip battleships with lasers, remote-controlled drones are buzzing around the skies, and cyber warfare has become the new big thing in 2012. With all of this ...

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Something Old, Something New: Venerable AC-130s Get Tech Makeover

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Something Old, Something New: Venerable AC-130s Get Tech Makeover

Written by on Wednesday, November 14th, 2012

If you had to compile a list of the most successful aircraft in US military history, then the line of AC-130 gunships and the C-130 Hercules that they were based on would both be near the top of the list. These massive ...

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Should the USAF be More Concerned with Cyber Security than Missile Defense?

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Should the USAF be More Concerned with Cyber Security than Missile Defense?

Written by on Tuesday, November 13th, 2012

For thousands of years, the best way to figure out which side would win a war was to determine who had the biggest army and the strongest weapons. That’s largely still true today – you’ll never see a hundred people ...

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Why DARPA Wants to Reinvent the Military Industry

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Why DARPA Wants to Reinvent the Military Industry

Written by on Monday, November 12th, 2012

The United States' Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency isn’t trying to reinvent the wing, but it is trying to reinvent how we manufacture wings. DARPA wants to tear down the existing military manufacturing process and rebuild the whole thing with a ...

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