The Way Ahead for Eurofighter Modernization: A Discussion with Paul Smith (Updated from Dubai Air Show 2015)

11/09/2015
2015-11-09 By Robbin Laird (Originally published 2015-10-09) The Eurofighter is a clear player in shaping European and global air forces. It has reached critical mass and will be modernized through its operational life to work with new air assets and to deal with the evolving threat environment. The program currently has…

From Interoperability to Integration: Italian F-35 Pilots Fly an Aussie F-35 on a U.S. Base

11/06/2015
2015-11-06  The impact of the F35 as a global coalition capability is clear to the professionals who are shaping airpower modernization. For example, the head of the Italian Air Force, Lt. General Preziosa hammered home the point of how significant the impact of the F-35 was in a recent interview…

Next Generation Missiles and Airpower Modernization: The Case of Eurofighter and the Meteor Missile

11/04/2015
2015-10-29 By Robbin Laird Shaping 21st century U.S. and allied air combat capabilities is a function of the intersection of a number cross-cutting dynamics: The reshaping function of fifth generation warfare, Selective and appropriate modernization of the most capable of non-fifth generation aircraft, The introduction of longer range kinetic and…