U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors fly in formation during a training mission, Dec. 6, 2009. The F-22 fighters and crews are deployed from the 27th Fighter Squadron at Langley Air Force Base, Va., and in the Air Forces Central area of responsibility for the first time as part of a…
Photo Credit: A Japanese Coast Guard Rescue In The Pacific in 2010, www.youtube.com North Pacific Coast Guard Agencies Forum Shaping an Infrastructure for Collaboration An Interview with Rear Admiral Bob Day - 04/02/2011 - We've had a long-term relationship with Japan. Japan's Coast Guard is formulated very much after ours…
An Interview with Professor Mark J. Lewis 03/22/2011 - The flight of X-37 was exciting because in many ways it was a return to the future we were supposed to have. X-37 was a relatively traditional hypersonic vehicle in the sense that it had blunt leading edges, built very much…
This is the first of three parts of Dr. Lewis's look at hypersonics.
"When you look ahead to what the Coast Guard needs to do its missions in evolving Arctic conditions, you see that there's more open water, there's more human activity, and there's more maritime traffic. But the ice is still there, and its movements are becoming more unpredictable. You really need…
The Air Force as well as the rest of the Armed Forces and the rest of the United States government faces an unusual crisis in budgeting. All are scrambling about trying to determine the least-bad parts of the budget to trim, or, in worst case, cut. Clearly this needs radical…
An Interview with Major General Davis 01/19/2011 - And the Air Armament Center team has been very good at adapting something that was believed to be the perfect solution five years ago, to the entirely new situation of today’s combat. They’ve demonstrated an inherent flexibility, engineering-wise, test-wise, production-wise, to be…
An Interview with Lt. General Deptula 01/04/2011 - Featured article "They now have the ability to make major investments with the monies that are available from their economic growth for continued investment in research and development. That growth in the Chinese economy allows for investment in innovation."
