Frigate Design Awards By April; $950M Max, VLS Mandatory

Frigate Design Awards By April; $950M Max, VLS Mandatory
Frigate Design Awards By April; $950M Max, VLS Mandatory

UPDATED with CNO comment on importance of program CRYSTAL CITY: By the end of March, the Navy will award four to six contracts for “conceptual” designs of a future frigate. That ship that must cost under $950 million, have “Grade A shock hardening” on key systems to survive blasts, and carry at least 16 Vertical Launch…

Sgt. Daniels’ Miraculous Helmet & The Body Armor Revolution

Sgt. Daniels’ Miraculous Helmet & The Body Armor Revolution
Sgt. Daniels’ Miraculous Helmet & The Body Armor Revolution

Life or death in wartime is horrifically random, subject to “fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,” but sometimes that randomness generates not tragedy, but miracles. Such is the story of Army Sergeant Roger Daniels. On a patrol in Afghanistan last August, Daniels, then just 21 years old, took a bullet to the head and survived…