By Michael W. Wynne, 21st Secretary of the Air Force War and politics in Afghanistan: a tough balancing act credit photo: www.csmonitor.com 11/28/2010 - As our casualties mount and our allies begin to look for the sidelines, we are receiving seriously mixed messages about our so-called war that is "breaking…
Credit photo: 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron works on a KC-10 engine change, Tech. Sgt. Charles Larkin Sr., USAF, October 28th, 2009, Southwest Asia Time To Act «to replace either the aging KC-135 fleet, the aging KC-10 fleet, or both, before the terrific maintainers lose the ongoing battle of age…
The Air Force Tanker Decision: A ‘Fairer’ Way Forward By Michael W. Wynne, 21st Secretary of the Air Force Credit: KC-135, http://www.aviationexplorer.com 11/17/2010 - The Air Force is confronting a conundrum that in 1998, the Government Accounting Office (GAO) called a mandatory replacement program for the aging tanker fleet. There…
Integrating Robots In Combat Teams Credit photo: iRobot, 2010 Robots and Unmanned Systems are increasingly used in operations, saving lives. As Vice Admiral Dyer, COO of iRobot Corporation, stresses out in the OpEd below: « The “distance from danger” that robots provide has done an important job of contributing to…
Vice Admiral Joseph W. Dyer, U.S. Navy (Ret.) on the Future of Military Robotics and Awaiting New Concepts of Operations 11/05/2010 - Second Line of Defense recently sat down with Vice Admiral Joe Dyer (U.S. Navy, Ret.), Chief Operating Officer at iRobot Corporation, to discuss the evolution of robotics and…
Building The "Osprey Nation" Credit photo: Ospreys based on the West Coast in an exercise at 29 Palms, USMC, 2010 :
The Evolution of Chinese Science and Technology Capabilities An Interview with Mark Lewis 10/29 /2010 In September 2010, Second Line of Defense sat down with Mark Lewis, President, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Willis Young Professor and Chair, Department of Aerospace Engineering. Dr. Lewis is the former Chief…
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