Shaping a Way Ahead for the Integrated Distributed Force
05/09/2022On March 24, 2022, the Williams Foundation held its first of two seminars to be held this year. The seminar was the latest in a series of seminars which started in 2014, and have been focused on the evolution of the ADF to deal with the evolving threats and challenges facing Australia, and its core… Download PDF Now »FARPs, Fuel and Expeditionary Basing
05/09/2022By Robbin Laird During my recent visit to MAWTS-1 in April 2022, I had a chance to talk with SSgt Kyle Coutts, a specialist on fuels and providing fuel to… Read more »
Turkey as Major Player in Armed Drones
05/05/2022By James Jeffrey Once better known for its distinctive style of making potent coffee and its gelatinous confectionary cubes called Turkish Delight, these days Turkey is making a name for… Read more »
CH-53K Achieves IOC: First Deployments for 2024
05/02/2022According to a story published by the USMC written by Maj. Jorge Hernandez and published on April 25, 2022: Deputy Commandant for Aviation Lt. Gen. Mark Wise announced the Marine… Read more »
Shaping a Way Ahead for French Defense Industry: The Perspective of the Chairman of GIFAS
05/01/2022By Pierre Tran Paris – There are difficulties in reaching an industrial agreement to build a technology demonstrator for a future European fighter jet, Guillaume Faury, chairman of the Gifas… Read more »
Accelerating the Transition to a Networked, Integrated Force: A Defense Industrial Perspective
04/26/2022By Robbin Laird Three representatives of the defense industry provided their perspectives on the way ahead for the networked integrated force at the Williams Foundation seminar on March 24, 2022.… Read more »
ADF Perspectives on the Way Ahead for the Networked Integrated Force
04/25/2022By Robbin Laird At the March 24, 2022 Williams Foundation Seminar on the networked integrated force, six ADF officers provided insights with regard to the way ahead for the ADF… Read more »
Training for Distributed STOVL Operations: WTI 2-22
05/19/2022U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), utilize bulk fuel equipment shown to conduct a ground refuel during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22,…
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Emergency Arresting Gear System Training: WTI-2-22
05/17/2022U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alexandra Mendezmanzo, an expeditionary airfield systems technician from Coachella, California, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), operates an emergency arresting gear…
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Training for FARP Operations: WTI-2-22
05/09/2022U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), conduct a forward arming and refueling point (FARP) exercise, during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22, at…
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Training to Provide High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) Fire Support: WTI-2-22
05/08/2022U.S. Marines assigned to Kilo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, fire an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22, near…
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Long-Range Force Insertion Training: WTI-2-22
05/05/2022A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), is prepared for takeoff after a refuel during Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) 2-22,…
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Raid Training: WTI-2-22
05/03/20221Y Venom aircraft, during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22, at K-9 Village, Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona, April 2, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine…
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