For decades, the technical blueprints of American military communication were kept under lock, hiding the gap between what the government bought and what actually worked in the field.
By Marcus Boone ·
Aircrews were to be spared the risk of penetrating hostile airspace until inter-service dysfunction left the military with a $733 million aircraft that could not fit its own sensors.
By Marcus Boone ·
Enemy soldiers were severed from their units by a predatory system that intercepted tactical communications and then silenced them to control the flow of truth.
By Miriam Adler ·
Iraqi defenders were forced into surrender by the obnoxious sound of a 'vulture' drone, despite the Navy bypassing safety protocols for a system that suffered frequent crashes.
By Miriam Adler ·
Seven percent of drones were expected to vanish into foreign terrain in a joint surveillance project that was eventually deemed inadequate to justify further production.
By Miriam Adler ·
Congress and DoD managers were misled by incomplete cost data while the military rushed an unlicensed, under-tested imaging system into Kosovo.
By Miriam Adler ·
Defense officials ignored 'unacceptable' test ratings for years, pushing a system too large for airlift through the production pipeline until the program was terminated in 1996.
By Miriam Adler ·
Adversaries and dissidents were hunted by CEWI teams using 35 systems the Army bought without a plan to maintain or repair them over time.
By Marcus Boone ·