Re-Norming the Navy Battle Fleet: Supportable Defense Within a Manageable Budget

08/07/2011
By the Honorable Ed Timperlake [slidepress gallery='navy-battle-fleet'] 08/07/2011 - The air fleet of an enemy will never get within striking distance of our coast as long as our aircraft carriers are able to carry the preponderance of air power to sea. —   Real Admiral W. A. Moffet, Chief of the…

Jointness, Airpower, and the Emerging Security Environment

08/05/2011
By Lt. General (Retired) Deptula 08/05/2011 - Since the advent of Goldwater-Nichols, a joint approach was to move contingency organizations and operations from independent, de-conflicted, service-oriented approaches to sustained interoperability.  How well the U.S. military has done that, where we are today, and where we ought be heading, could and…

The F-35 Maintenance Approach

07/31/2011
The Impact of A New Upgrading and Sustainment Approach An Interview with Scott Ogden 08/01/2011 - A key element in understanding the Cultural Revolution associated with the 5th generation aircraft is the dramatic change in how maintenance and sustainment can be done fleet wide and in terms of global sustainment. …

USN Mines and Mining in the AirSea Battle Concept

07/30/2011
What Weapons that Wait? By Dr. Scott C. Truver 07/30/2011 - “I have always deemed it unworthy of a chivalrous nation,” Adm. David G. Farragut wrote in 1864, after he “damned the torpedoes” at Mobile Bay. “But, it does not do to give your enemy such a decided superiority over…

Moving from the F-16 to the F-35A: Reducing the Complexity of the Flight Line

07/25/2011
An Interview with Joel Malone F-35As at Edwards AFB June 2011 (Credit: Lockheed Martin) 07/25/2011 - The shift from the F-16 to the F-35A for the USAF will provide significant capability to improve operational performance and operational tempo.  In an interview with Joel Malone, the shift was discussed and analyzed.…

Providing Security for the Deployment

07/20/2011
07/20/2011: As the CRW is deployed to carry its core missions, security is a must.  Sgt. Gomez led the discussion during the SLD visit to the CRW about this challenging task. [slidepress gallery='providing-security-for-the-deployment'] Credit: SLD 2011 Sgt. Gomez: I've been with this CRW, actually, since its inception in 2005. SLD: …

Fifth Generation Aircraft and 3 Dimensional Warfare

07/19/2011
Or, How to Build the Honeycomb 07/19/2011 - The F-22 and F-35 have sophisticated sensors and self defense capabilities, which, in and of themselves, when combined with stealth enable these aircraft to become true game changers.  But in and of themselves is not where the real game changing capability comes…