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11/18/2016: U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Kristina Warren, motor transport officer, Marine Wing Support Squadron 372 details the capabilities of a 3D printer during Weapons and Tactics Instructor course (WTI) 1-17 at Site 50, Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 19, 2016.
Warren used the additive manufacturing (AM) equipment to make objects from 3d model data. WTI 1-17 is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) cadre.
11/17/2016: The Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, the Hon Peter Dutton MP, Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Leo Davies AO, CSC and President Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific of Boeing, Ms Maureen Dougherty officially welcomed the arrival of the first RAAF P-8A Poseidon aircraft at Defence Establishment Fairbairn.
The P-8A Poseidon will provide the RAAF with an advanced Maritime Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Response (MISRR) capability. The Poseidon will support a full range of tasks, including anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare, maritime and overland ISR, electronic support, and a search and rescue capability.
The P-8A Poseidon will be networked with other Air Force and ADF maritime capabilities as outlined in the Defence White Paper.
True force design will transform Air Force and the wider ADF into a fighting force that maximizes innovation opportunities.
In an interview earlier this year with Air Commodore Heap, the Commander of the RAAF’s Surveillance Response Group, he discussed the coming of the P-8 and its impact with Second Line of Defense.
Air Commodore Heap sees the platform as evolving in the integrated battlespace and underscored that how Australia was acquiring the platform was central to how it could co-evolve with other key assets.
“With FMS, you are buying a car off of the showroom floor.
We did not do that here; we are partners in the program, which allows us to become de facto shareholders in the program itself.
We are a cooperative development partner.
This puts the RAAF at the ongoing development table for the life of the program, to enable us to influence the capabilities of the platform as it evolves, ensuring that we can get an evolved platform that meets our needs.
A P-8A Poseidon aircraft at Melbourne Avalon Airport prior to flying to Defence Establishment Fairbairn for its official welcoming ceremony. Credit: Australian Ministry of Defence.
For example, we needed the aircraft to perform a search and rescue function, something the USN did not have as a core role; they rely on the USCG.
But we needed a specialist payload to do this, and courtesy of the cooperative program, the USN has agreed to have an interim capability, followed by a fully developed deployable SAR payload built into the program as a priority. The USN as a our partner is also interested in using the kit on occasions when long distance maritime search is required.
The USN and your embedded RAAF instructors are currently flying Increment 1 but will Increment 2 will be the version that we will get with the first aircraft. We will initially get a mix of Increment 1 and 2 aircraft, but will be spirally upgraded to an all increment 2, then 3 fleet in lockstep with the USN.
We are deeply involved with the USN as well in designing and working Increment 3.
It is important to understand that what we are talking about is the actual evolution of the platform, and wider weapon system over time, which from our point of view needs to work with Wedgetail, F-35, Growler, Triton, the Air Warfare Destroyer, Special Forces and other core warfighting assets in the battlespace.”
11/16/2016: The commander, U.S. Fleet Forces addresses guests during an enlistment and reenlistment event.He remembers both Veterans Day and the reason to serve.
U.S. Fleet Forces Command:11.12.2016:NORFOLK, VA, UNITED STATES
11/14/2016: U.S Marines executed a long-range raid from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa to the Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji as part of Blue Chromite 2017, Nov. 4, 2016.
The Marines honed their ability to project forces from afar by executing a long-range raid over 1,000 miles via MV-22B Osprey to include an aerial refueling by KC-130J Super Hercules. Blue Chromite is a U.S.-only exercise which strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps expeditionary, amphibious rapid-response capabilities based in Okinawa and the greater Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
The Marines are with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment which is forward deployed from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, to 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Okinawa, Japan.
Credit : III Marine Expeditionary Force / Marine Corps Installations Pacific:11/09/2016
11/14/2016: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Finnish President Sauli Niinistö to NATO Headquarters for the first time on Wednesday (9 November 2016).
The two leaders discussed the security situation in the Baltic region and how to deepen NATO’s close partnership with Finland.