2016-12-02 The F-35 global enterprise provides an opportunity for leveraging collaborative efforts to shape more effective capabilities at a more effective cost point. According to a post by Endre Lundeon December 1, 2016 from the Norwegian Ministry of Defence: How international cooperation saved us NOK 96 million in 2016. The F-35…
2016-11-29 By Danny Lam The Liberal regime needs to be cognizant that Canada will always be a modest sized customer in the world arms market. As such, unique and irregular Canadian requirements and unorthodox procurement processes will sharply inflate cost and create long term issues of sustainability. Kludgey Canadian equipment…
2016-12-02 The Royal Navy is in need of new ships and more of them than can be generated by the normal construction process. A virtually untold story about the building of the new carrier in the UK is how industry –commercial and defense – were mobilized in a very innovative…
2016-12-02 According to a story written by Sang-Yun Kim and published on the South Korean Ministry of Defence website, the 10th Fighter Wing participated in a recent exercise for rapid response in a crisis. 10th Air Force Fighter Wing (hereinafter referred to as 10th FW) had a Practice Generation for…
2016-12-01 By defenceWeb That South Africa has a particularly porous land border is well-known and almost as well-known are the efforts of mainly SA Army regulars and reserves to ensure some integrity with the oft repeated “shortage of funds” pointed out as the biggest contributor to the thousands of illegal…
2016-12-01 By Michael W. Wynne, 21st Secretary of the Air Force Summary It is time to wake up the liability lawyers and truly drive change in the Cyber Security Field. Corporations that are paying weekly or monthly protection money, are really stuck in a belief system that is naive. Its…
2016-11-29 By Todd Miller The US Marine Corps (USMC) F-35 program is accelerating rapidly, and deployment is underway. Second Line of Defense had the opportunity to see the progress in action during a “Proof of Concept” demonstration on the USS America off the coast of Southern California November 18-20, 2016.…
2016-11-27 By Danny Lam During President Obama’s meeting with President Elect Donald Trump, a “big problem for the country” was discussed. North Korea and its nuclear ballistic missile program was identified in September as the first problem for the Trump Administration. President Elect Trump will be briefed by the priesthood…
