By Flight Lieutenant Marina Power 24 March 2022 Flying at more than 170km/h, wind flowing through their open cockpits, wings held together by wood and wire, these men and women were daredevils, one might say, or simply courageous. But however you describe them, they all had a love of adventure.…
By James Durso The U.S. and its main Persian Gulf partners, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have had a falling out in recent days. The causes are both immediate and long-term and each party feels the blame lies with those ingrates on the other…
By Edward Timperlake, US Naval Academy, Class of 1969 “Trustworthy AI” was the research topic which was the focus of the presentation by Dr. Jeannette Wing, at the 2022 Michelson Lecture. She is Executive Vice President for Research at Columbia University. Formerly, she was Corporate Vice President of Research at…
By Dale Herspring Some have suggested that Putin is "crazy, out of his mind." Having followed Putin and written about him since 1998, I beg to differ. He is certainly making decisions that are immoral by almost any standard as we understand the term, and his actions may be self-defeating…
By Australian Defence Business Review Defence Minister Peter Dutton has formally launched the Australian Defence Force’s Defence Space Command. Speaking at the 2022 Air and Space Conference in Canberra on 22 March, Minister Dutton signalled the commencement of operations for the new Defence Space Command after it was announced in…
By Robert Czulda Ukraine needs to be supplied with heavy weaponry. Ukrainian defenders are usually depicted by media as mainly light infantry, armed with lethal yet mobile anti-tank systems. This image is as romantic but misleading. There is a good reason to do this, at least from the Ukrainian point…
By Maj. Jorge Hernandez Marines from Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) and sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 (HSC-23) teamed up to conduct tactics development in integrating manned and unmanned rotary-wing aircraft at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California on March 10, 2022. During the exercise,…
By Robbin Laird In this report, I highlight developments from June 2021 to the Fall of 2021 which made it abundantly clear that action by Putin against Ukraine was in the cards, but what he would actual do was a future question. When perhaps; what perhaps; but not that something…
