By Robbin Laird On May 16, 2022, the Royal Australian Navy led a two-week exercise called Autonomous Warrior 2022. According to an ADF press release, the exercise was built around “a simulated, next generation naval battlespace – Exercise Autonomous Warrior 2022 (AW22). This Royal Australian Navy (RAN) led Exercise will…
In an article by Flight Lieutenant Jessica Aldred and Flight Lieutenant Bronwyn Marchant of the RAAF published on May 25, 2022, the launch of Exercise Diamond Storm 22 was highlighted. The Royal Australian Air Force’s Exercise Diamond Storm 22 will be held in the skies above the Northern Territory from…
By Australian Defence Business Review Maintenance technicians from the US Navy and Royal Australian Air Force recently completed a six-week training event on the AN/ALQ-249(V)1 next generation jammer – mid band (NGJ-MB) that is being developed cooperatively by both countries. The event – conducted at NAS Patuxent River (PAX) near…
By Gil Savage Thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, we’re more aware of the weaknesses of globalisation and the flaws of managing supply and demand through just-in-time practices. The problem is clear for Australia’s policymakers, but the solution less so. Some hanker for a return to 1970s-style Australian manufacturing, forgetting it…
By Pierre Tran Paris - President Emmanuel Macron called May 9 in a keynote speech in the European parliament at Strasbourg, eastern France, for a broader European defense and security community, a political project made all the more pressing by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Macron called for setting up…
By Robbin Laird During my recent visit to MAWTS-1, I had a chance to talk with two Marine Corps officers with significant experience in working force distribution and sustainment issues with USMC heavy lift assets. With the coming of the CH-53K, the capability of the USMC to work distributed operations,…
According a recently posted video by The Wall Street Journal on May 16, 2022, the subject was addressed of how the two states joining NATO would impact the organization. We have focused for several years on how the Nordic defense dynamics are part of the reshaping od direct defense…
In a story published by the Australian Department of Defence on April 29, 2022, the RAAF was noted as achieving a new milestone in its refueling of a Japanese fighter aircraft. For the first time, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has conducted air-to-air refuelling flight testing with the Japan…
