Moscow’s Cold War Nostalgia

12/21/2021
By Richard Weitz Last Friday, the Russian government published the drafts of the proposed treaties they had presented to NATO and the United States two days earlier, via Assistant Secretary of State Karen Donfried, who was visiting Moscow. The following day, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov spoke with National Security…

The Coming of the CH-53K to the USMC: A December 2021 Update

12/20/2021
The photo slideshow contained in this article highlights the next round of preparation for the coming of the CH-53K to the operating force. According to II MEF: "U.S. Marines with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) test the capabilities of the CH-53K King Stallion on Marine Corps Base…

The British Army Shapes Its Modernization Strategy

12/14/2021
In an article published on the UK Ministry of Defence website on November 25, 2021, MOD announced a way ahead for UK Army modernization. Following on from the Integrated Review and the significant increase in defence spending announced by the Government last year, Future Soldierdemonstrates how the Army is modernising to…

Task Force 59: Another Perspective

12/12/2021
By Robbin Laird The recent formation of Task Force 59 by the U.S. Navy launches a significant way ahead in working a path for the introduction of maritime unmanned or autonomous systems. And the main storyline or narrative to date has been just that. This narrative was the main element…

Digital Fleet Sustainment

12/12/2021
By Australian Defence Business Review Where once aircraft maintenance was conducted according to time passed and hours flown, the maturing field of digital fleet sustainment is delivering better maintenance with improved aircraft availability at reduced cost. This concept isn’t new, but the greater accumulation of data, coupled with a growing…

Finland Joins the F-35 Global Enterprise

12/10/2021
According to a press release on December 10, 2021 by the Finnish government, "the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II is Finland’s next multi-role fighter." The Government of Finland has 10 December 2021 authorised the Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command to sign a procurement contract with the Government of the United…

French Arms Sales: A 2021 Update

12/09/2021
By Pierre Tran Paris - France expects to win arms export orders worth more than €30 billion ($34 billion) spread over this year and 2022, mainly due to sales of the Rafale fighter jet, Thierry Carlier, head of the international development department of the Direction Générale de l’Armement procurement office,…

November and December 2021: A Compendium of Our Articles

12/08/2021
In this report, we have included articles we have published in November and December 2021. They cover a wide variety of topics and the table of contents for the report is as follows: For a PDF version of the report, see below: [pdf-embedder url="https://sldinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/November-2021-Articles.pdf"] For an e-book version of the…