Next Generation Autonomous Systems

06/08/2021 In this report, the key themes and presentations at the April 8, 2021, Williams Foundation seminar on Next Generation Autonomous Systems are highlighted. A number of interviews with… Read more »

2nd Fleet and Joint Force Command Norfolk: A May 2021 Update

05/25/2021 As the Commander of 2nd Fleet and of JFC Norfolk put it in a recent article in The Proceedings: “In response to Russia’s military resurgence, the U.S. Navy… Read more »

Visiting 2nd Marine Air Wing, December 2020

01/11/2021 I first visited 2nd MAW in 2007, at the beginning of the Osprey era. There I saw a small number of the aircraft on the tarmac and met… Read more »

Platforms, Concepts of Operations and Defense Decisions: The German Case

08/30/2020 With the launch of our defense information website (defense.info) , we introduced a micro-site on defense decisions. We wrote: “In this new section of the defense.info website, we… Read more »

Visiting Jax Navy and Mayport, June 2020

08/11/2020 In this special report, the findings from a recent visit to Jax Navy and to Mayport, with regard to the maritime patrol enterprise are highlighted. Interviews were conducted… Read more »

A Small Ship with a Big Impact: The Aussies Work the Integrated Distributed Force

04/23/2020 The Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessel is the first of the new build platforms. It provides the template with regard to the entire reset of how the Australians… Read more »

The Coronavirus Crisis: Perspectives and Shaping a Way Ahead

04/16/2020 This special report brings together in one publication our recent pieces published on Second Line of Defense and Defense.info, since the coronavirus crisis became a significant crisis management… Read more »

The 21st Century Fighting Navy: Shaping a Way Ahead

02/12/2020 This Special Report focuses on how the US Navy is reshaping its capabilities for the 21st century fight and the key role which Naval Aviation is playing in… Read more »