Featured Article "There is a NATO working group (RTG-184), which was set up to explore and define safe ride standards for casevac via UAVs. They’ve visited our facility and are well acquainted with what we’re doing. Although Israel is not a NATO member, the IDF trauma branch has a lot…
An Interview With Admiral Day 12/09/2010 - "Let's talk about how C4ISR is used in support of Coast Guard missions. And what changes have occurred—drastic changes—in the last 10 years and the drastic changes that are going to be needed even in the next five. These changes may or may…
By Michael W. Wynne, 21st Secretary of the Air Force 11/28/2010 - "The Romans understood the difference between management of political objectives by the viceroys and pro-consuls and the role of the legion. We seem to be sending the legions into operation without providing political end states."
The Air Force Tanker Decision: A ‘Fairer’ Way Forward By Michael W. Wynne, 21st Secretary of the Air Force 11/17/2010 - The Air Force is confronting a conundrum that in 1998, the GAO called a mandatory replacement program for the aging tanker fleet. There have been two winners since that…
An Interview With Vice Admiral Dyer (Ret) 11/05/2010 - There is huge excitement in the robotics community right now about the development and deployment of autonomous systems. Simultaneous localization and mapping are concurrent developments. We call it, in shorthand, the ability to arbitrate and navigate. What’s at stake is the…
An Interview with Mark Lewis 10/29/2010 If we look at those technologies that the Chinese are investing in, not surpringly in some cases they're the same technologies that we're investing in. And so, I think an obvious question is why are they doing this; what are their goals, what are…
An Interview with Major Jeff "Kingpin" Davis 10/16/2010 The Afghan war and the Iraqi operations have been tough on the rotorcraft supporting US forces. The CH-53E was introduced in 1981 and has been a bedrock USMC asset ever since. But attrition and wear is necessitating its replacement. The CH-53K is…
By Michael W. Wynne, 21st Secretary of the U.S. Air Force 10/08/2010 "A realistic look at the future of Air Operations must take into account the size of the force, the capabilities of the force and the evolving construct of the future weapons available; and then we can place against…
