In a story published on February 29, 2008. the award of the new tanker contract to Northrop Grumman was highlighted by a USAF article. WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne and Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Duncan J. McNabb announced the selection of Northrop Grumman as…
By Robbin Laird Last Friday, the US Navy and the Bell-Boeing team hosted an event in which the CMV-22B was rolled out. The ceremonial delivery was held on February 7, 2020, but the week before the first aircraft had landed at Pax River for its final round of testing before…
By Pierre Tran Paris French armed forces minister Florence Parly recently highlighted the decisive role of the German Bundestag parliament in launching a Franco-German project for a technology demonstrator for a next-generation fighter. Their votes for the project would be, in her view, a sign of political support for European…
By India Strategic New Delhi. After completing extensive trials on the Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF), Naval version of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) did asuccessful arrested landing onboard INS Vikramaditya at 1002 hrs on January 11, 2020. Commodore Jaideep Maolankar conducted the maiden landing. Captain Dahiya was the Landing Safety…
By Robbin Laird A recent news story highlighted progress in the preparation of the new heavy lift helicopter, the CH-53 K, for the USMC. According to Megan Eckstein of USNI News in a story published on December 17, 2019: “The Marine Corps and Sikorsky have resolved the engine integration issues…
By Robbin Laird During my visit to Australia last October, I had a chance to talk to a number of people about the evolving approach in Australia to maritime remotes and their evolving role within the “fifth generation” warfare approach or what I refer to as building a distributed integratable…
By Elly Sallingboe The Sally B returned to Denmark in August 2019. Being a Dane, I was very exited about bringing Sally B to my home country, and I was in no way disappointed. Sally B was definitely the star of the show. On our arrival, we were welcomed with a red carpet and…
The USS Gerald R. Ford is conducting Aircraft Compatibility Testing or ACT off the East Coast of the United States this month. According to an article published by the US Navy on January 16, 2020: ATLANTIC OCEAN (NNS) -- The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) departed its…
