Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Partners With Gibson To Produce $20,000 ‘Greeny’ Les Paul Reissue

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has announced an official partnership with Gibson guitars in which he and the famed guitar company are collaborating together to recreate the famous Gibson ‘Greeny’ Les Paul. While Hammett has played a variety of different guitar brands, most commonly ESP, throughout his career he’s been a proud owner of an original […]

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Will Pentagon Rush To Buy Ammo Advance New “Open Energetics Architecture” Technologies?

If there is an industrial sector that is ripe for innovation, America’s long-neglected munitions industrial base is it. Largely ignored since the mid-1950’s, the U.S. energetics industry—the foundation of every explosive device in the military—has withered away, suffering from customer disinterest, an ever-growing regulatory load, and a perception that other countries were better fits for […]

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An End To Pentagon Wish Lists?

In a move that could inject some much needed discipline into the annual process of crafting the Pentagon budget, the department’s comptroller, Mike McCord has signaled that the department now opposes the legal requirement that the military services submit annual “wish lists” of items they would like to have that have not been included in […]

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