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2 days ago | 
san.com | Brett Baker |Brian Spencer |Dakota Piteo |Ryan Robertson
[Ryan Robertson]TO ATTEND A DEFENSE EXHIBITION IS TO BE SUBJECTED TO A LOT OF COMPANY’S LOOKING TO LAND SOME D-O-D BUSINESS. IT IS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, A BATTLE OF EYE CANDY. AND AT THE RECENTLY WRAPPED NAVY LEAGUE SEA, AIR, SPACE 2025, ONE COMPANY’S DISPLAY DEFINITELY CAUGHT OUR ATTENTION–BECAUSE WELL, IT WAS AWESOME. MEET Q INTEL– OUR WEAPON OF THE WEEK. AS FAR AS CONVERSATION STARTERS GO, BOOTH 17-47, HOME TO THE TEAM FROM Q INTEL, WAS A PRETTY GOOD ONE.
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2 days ago | 
san.com | Brett Baker |Brian Spencer |Dakota Piteo |Ryan Robertson
[Ryan Robertson]HELLO AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER EDITION OF WEAPONS AND WARFARE. FOR STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS, I’M YOUR HOST, RYAN ROBERTSON. JUST AHEAD ON THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, WE’RE GETTING NAUTICAL. MEET, MINERVA. THE LATEST CREATION FROM THE FOLKS AT GHOSTWORKS MARINE. BUILT WITH CUTTING-EDGE CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY, SEE WHY THIS COULD BE THE NEXT GO-TO CRAFT FOR AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULTS AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS. AND WE GO ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE FOLKS FROM Q INTELL.
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2 weeks ago | 
san.com | Brett Baker |Brian Spencer |Dakota Piteo |Ryan Robertson
[Ryan Robertson]YES, MR. GEKKO I WOULD. AND IT’S AS TRUE NOW AS IT WAS IN THE 1987 CLASSIC ‘WALL STREET’. BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO YOU? HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE YOU’RE NOT MISSING A CRUCIAL PIECE THAT COULD AFFECT WHATEVER IT IS YOU’RE TRYING TO DO? THAT’S A PROBLEM THE SUBJECT OF OUR WEAPON OF THE WEEK IS TRYING TO SOLVE.
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2 weeks ago | 
san.com | Brett Baker |Brian Spencer |Dakota Piteo |Ryan Robertson
[Ryan Robertson]INDUSTRY. IT’S WHAT DRIVES ANY CITY, STATE, OR COUNTRY FORWARD. IN AMERICA, EVERY STATE LEANS INTO WHAT IT DOES BEST. FOR SOME, THAT’S AGRICULTURE. FOR OTHERS, IT’S TOURISM, OR MINING FOR NATURAL RESOURCES. FOR THE STATE OF OHIO, IT’S MANUFACTURING. THEY’VE NOT ONLY LEANED INTO IT, THEY’RE RECRUITING IT, AND POSITIONING THEMSELVES TO BE AN EVEN BIGGER PLAYER IN OUR NATION’S DEFENSE.
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2 weeks ago | 
san.com | Brett Baker |Brian Spencer |Dakota Piteo |Ryan Robertson
[RYAN ROBERTSON]HELLO AND WELCOME TO WEAPONS AND WARFARE. FOR STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS I’M YOUR HOST RYAN ROBERTSON, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE TAKEN THE SHOW ON THE ROAD. WE ARE BACK IN NATIONAL HARBOR, MARYLAND FOR THE NAVY LEAGUE’S ANNUAL ‘SEA, AIR. SPACE,’ GLOBAL MARITIME EXPOSITION. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WE’LL BE COVERING SOME OF THE STORIES THAT ARE HELPING SHAPE AND DEFINE THE U.S NAVY AS IT CONTINUES TO MODERNIZE AND PREPARE FOR WHATEVER CONFLICTS THE FUTURE MAY HOLD.
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1 month ago | 
san.com | Lauren Taylor |Evan Hummel |Brian Spencer |Lauren Taylor Anchor
[LAUREN TAYLOR]SHIFTING U-S FOREIGN POLICY IS COMPELLING CANADA AND EUROPE TO POTENTIALLY LOOK ELSEWHERE FOR PURCHASES OF HIGH-TECH WEAPONRY, LIKE THE F-35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S TARIFFS ON ALLIES LIKE CANADA, SUSPENSION OF FOREIGN AID AND STANCE ON UKRAINE HAVE LED TO NATO MEMBERS RAISING CONCERNS OVER THE UNITED STATES’ COMMITMENT TO THE TRANSATLANIC PARTNERSHIP AND WHETHER IT WOULD DEFEND WESTERN ALLIES IF MOSCOW LAUNCHED AN ATTACK.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
san.com | Ryan Robertson |Brian Spencer |Brett Baker |Ryan Robertson Anchor
Gallantry in action is what it takes to be awarded the armed forces’ third-highest military decoration for valor in combat. Capt. Lacie Hester is the first female in the Air Force to receive this honor. She received her medal during a ceremony on Nov. 12, 2024, at RAF Lakenheath for her bravery and skill during an April attack involving suicide UAVs directed at Israel.
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Oct 26, 2024 | 
scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Brian Spencer |Anton E Bowden |Brigham Young
Keywordsballistics testing, lightweight sandwich-composite, body armor, shear-thickening fluid, STFCollegeIra A. Fulton College of Engineering and TechnologyDepartmentMechanical EngineeringAbstractBody armor is one of the most important tools used in the protection of soldiers and other armed forces around the world. Although the current style of armor, using Kevlar fiber and ceramic inserts, is generally effective, it is bulky and heavy and can cause overheating and lack of mobility.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
san.com | Ryan Robertson |Brett Baker |Brian Spencer |Dakota Piteo
[RYAN ROBERTSON] HELLO, AND WELCOME TO WEAPONS AND WARFARE. FOR STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS, I’M YOUR HOST, RYAN ROBERTSON. JUST AHEAD ON THIS WEEK’S EPISODE…A NEW PAPER FROM A LONDON-BASED PROFESSOR IS MAKING SOME WAVES IN THE INTERNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. WE VISIT WITH ONE OF THE AUTHORS, AS WELL AS A HIGHLY DUBIOUS FORMER INTEL OFFICER. PLUS, WE REVISIT A FAMILIAR COMPANY FOR OUR WEAPON OF THE WEEK AS ANDURIL TURNS TO ANIME TO LAUNCH THE ARRIVAL OF ONE OF THEIR NEWEST PRODUCTS.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
san.com | Ryan Robertson |Brett Baker |Brian Spencer |Dakota Piteo
RYAN ROBERTSONTHE UNITED STATES AND ITS ALLIES HAVE ENOUGH CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS TO TAKE OUT ALL OF RUSSIA AND CHINA’S NUCLEAR LAUNCH SITES IN ABOUT TWO HOURS…AT LEAST ACCORDING TO A PAIR OF BRITISH RESEARCHERS BEHIND A NEWLY PUBLISHED STUDY TITLED MASTERS OF THE AIR: STRATEGIC STABILITY AND CONVENTIONAL STRIKES. IT’S CERTAINLY A BOLD CLAIM–SO I REACHED OUT TO MATT SHOEMAKER–A FORMER US INTELLIGENCE OFFICER FOR SOME CONTEXT.
