07/18/2011 During the Second Line of Defense visit at Pax River in June, we sat down with Leslie Taylor, from the Mission Systems Flight Test group of the Joint Strike Fighter Office in the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division at Pax River and discussed what the F-35 mission systems…
07/14/2011: During the Second Line of Defense visit to the Contingency Response Wing located at McGuire AFB, several of the components of the Wing provided presentations of their approach, capabilities and components. The Assessment Team, or the soldiers who deploy first to determine what needs to follow to set up…
07/14/2011 The first F-35A for the pilot training and maintenance training program arrived today at Eglin AFB. Our sources at Eglin indicate that this is a DD250 aircraft which means that, de facto, it is part of the operational USAF. The DD 250 shows Air Force ownership of aircraft. This…
A New Capability for the USN-USMC Team By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake 07/12/2011 - The USN is buying the LCS but its Con-Ops remain to be developed. No platform fights alone, and this asset is best understood in terms of the synergy which can be brought to it by…
By Dr. Richard Weitz 07/11/2011 - The recent successful launch of Russia’s RSM-56 Bulava (NATO code name SS-NX-30) Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) may finally mark a turning point for this troubled weapons system. On June 28, a Bulava left a submerged next-generation Borey-class submarine, the Yuri Dolgoruky, and flew…
The United States and the Arctic By Rear Admiral Jeffrey M. Garrett, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired) 07/07/2011 - Long relegated to the periphery of world affairs—occupying the distorted top edge of a conventional Mercator projection of the world—the Arctic has been rediscovered in the first decade of the new millennium.…
07/05/2011 MONDAY, MAY 9, 2011 As one of the Coast Guard’s newest assets, the national security cutters bring operational capabilities the fleet needs for mission success. Compass has asked the wardroom of Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, the service’s first NSC, to share their unique perspective on how the fleet’s newest…
06/28/2011 by Ed Timperlake “Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.” John Lennon A tremendous and unnoticed US Air Force victory is being won right off the shores of America. And this victory highlights the impact of a Hi-Lo mix of technology. “Brazilian planes silence Dominican…
