04/12/2015: By Robbin Laird I visited the Final Assembly Line of the A400M in Seville on April 8, 2015 and at the Bricy Air Base at Orléans on April 10, 2015. While at the FAL, I saw 4 A400Ms on the tarmac, one of them a developmental plane and three for…
2015-04-11 By Robbin Laird Two documents released over the last year provide a clear direction for the US Navy-Marine Corps team in 21st century operations. The first is Expeditionary Force 21, which provides a concept for the Marine Corps (MC) to build, equip and train their forces for 21st century…
2015-04-19 By Robbin Laird On April 17, 2015, a joint symposium on the evolution of airpower was co-sponsored by The Sir Richard Williams Foundation (Australia) and the Centre for Military Studies of the Department of Political Science of the University of Copenhagen. Both organizations are partners with Second Line of…
2015-04-14 According to a press release by the National Institute of Polar Research, Japanese researchers conducted experiments over Antarctica with a Balloon assisted UAV. A balloon-assisted UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) named "Phoenix-S1," developed by Kyushu University and Fukuoka University, Japan, has successfully brought back stratospheric aerosol samples from the altitude…
On April 17, 2015, two of our partners, the Williams Foundation (Australia) and the Centre for Defense Studies (University of Copenhagen) are hosting a seminar in Copenhagen on airpower innovation. Join our 10 speakers and (so far) over 60 registered attendees from industry, government, military, and academia as we address…
2015-04-14 Early in April 2015, an airpower conference was held in Istanbul and sponsored by the Turkish Air Force. The event, ICAP 2015, was held in Istanbul, Turkey and was attended by over 1000 participants from over 50 nations, with 29 air chiefs attending. According to the organizers of the…
2015-04-13 The US and British services operate often together and a key element of so doing is cross training. In this piece published on the UK MoD website, the experience of an RAF pilot at Nellis at the 422nd squadron, which we visited earlier this year, is recounted. Squadron Leader…
2015-04-11 By Robbin Laird and Murielle Delaporte The arrival of the Indian Prime Minister has come at an interesting juncture in history. History is on the move with significant upheaval in the geopolitical landscape, ranging from Putin’s mapmaking, Chinese pushing out in Asia, the ISIS crisis, as well as the clear…
