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BSE 2020 EXCLUSIVE: A Conversation with Keith Haynes, Assistant Chief & Small UAS Program Manager, U.S. Border Patrol
DSJ sat down on 11 March 2020 at the Border Security Expo with Keith Haynes, Assistant Chief, U.S. Border Patrol. Our exchange focused on the U.S. Border Patrol's increased utilization of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS). DSJ: How many small Unmanned Aircraft...
AUSA 2019: Bell features its 360 Invictus and V280 Valor Helicopters
Bell featured its 360 Invictus and its V280 Valor on display today at the AUSA Annual Meeting and Exhibition. Both helicopters are competing for US Army contracts to replace the current Apache and Blackhawk, respectively. DSJ had a chance to speak with some of the...
Exclusive: A Conversation with Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley, Commander, AFRL
DSJ sat down on 17 September with U.S. Air Force Major General William T. Cooley, Commander of the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) at the 2019 iteration of the Air Force Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference. DSJ: What, if anything, has changed in AFRL’s...
EXCLUSIVO: UNA CONVERSACIÓN CON MAJ. GEN. WILLIAM T. COOLEY, COMANDANTE, AFRL
DSJ se sentó el 17 de septiembre con el comandante general de la Fuerza Aérea de los EE. UU. William T. Cooley, comandante del Laboratorio de Investigación de la Fuerza Aérea (AFRL) en la iteración de 2019 de la Conferencia Aérea, Espacial y Cibernética de la...
What it’s like to be the people charged with defending the accused 9/11 conspirators
Defense Systems Journal visited GTMO at the invitation of the Department of Defense (DoD) during the week of 3-10 November 2018 to witness the pre-trial proceedings of the Office of Military Commissions. In this context we had the opportunity to attend...
Here’s what it would take to get the trial against accused 9/11 conspirators started
It’s been over 17 years since the 9/11 attacks that killed 2,977 people and over 10 years since five members of Al-Qaeda accused of supporting the attack, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-described “mastermind,” were charged in a U.S. military...
HASC Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA) outlines national security priorities for the next Congress
If the Democrats win the majority of House seats in the upcoming election, as many observers project, the Chairman of the powerful House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will likely be Congressman Adam Smith (Democrat of Washington State). Now in his 11th term,...
EXCLUSIVE: A Conversation with Congressman Rob Wittman, Chairman of the Seapower Subcommittee on the House Armed Services Committee
DSJ: Chairman Wittman, you've been for many years among the most forceful advocates in the Congress for increasing investment in shipbuilding. The Navy has stated its intention to grow its fleet from 274 to 355 ships. Are you satisfied with the Navy’s plans to grow...
EXCLUSIVE: One-on-One with Kevin Taylor, Chairman, Hybrid Air Vehicles
DSJ's editor, Douglas Harpel, sat down with Hybrid Air Vehicles' new Chairman, Kevin Taylor, in the company's exhibition booth at the 2018 Farnborough International Air Show. DSJ: You were announced just yesterday as the new Chairman of Hybrid Air Vehicles. Why did...
Exclusive: DARPA Program Manager MAJ Amber Walker on Wrapping up the GXV-T Vehicle Program
In the coming days, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Ground X-Vehicle Technology (GXV-T) program will be closing down and DSJ had a chance to sit down with Program Manager MAJ Amber Walker to talk about the takeaways of the program...