2/25/11 By Ed Timperlake In a practice air-to-air engagement, when one fighter closed on his opponent inside of the missile envelope to put the gun sight piper on the adversary, a call goes out “guns guns guns.” This is a blunt fighter pilot way of saying “your dead!” In real…
02/24 /2011 - In January 2011, Second Line of Defense sat down with Professor Lewis to discuss the current status and dynamics of hypersonics. Mark J. Lewis is chairman of Clark School’s Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, and President of the American Institute of…
Resourcing For The 21st Century 02/12/2011 - In December 2010, Second Line of Defense sat down with one of the leading US experts on the Arctic who has significant operational experience in both polar regions. Rear Admiral (Retired) Jeff Garrett remains significantly engaged as a national expert in various National…
By Ambassador (ret) Jon Glassman (Director for Government Policy, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems) and Dr. Josef Shwartz (Technical Consultant, Marina del Rey, California) *** The views expressed in this article reflect only the personal views of the authors, neither those of Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems nor the US Government. 02/11…
A French Take By General Gaviard «The rational optimization of systems of systems (...) will profoundly change our operational concepts, but their justification, ultimately, will always depend on their ability to still serve the soldiers who implement them.» Photo credit: http://defensetech.org, 2006 01/28/2011 - The term “systems of systems” first…
By Michael W. Wynne, 21st Secretary, Air Force «The Global Hawk and Predator B reigns supreme in many aspects of the fight. The need for the large C4ISR platforms has drifted away.» Photo credit: A Global Hawk prepares for flying mission, Sgt. Andy M. Kin, U.S. Air Force (as published…
By Robbin Laird 01/26/2011 - During the first quarter of 2011, we intend to publish our second book in our air power series. The first was entitled The Three Dimensional Warrior and laid out the USMC approach to operations within which air power is the critical cement. Unfortunately, the various…
Towards A Web-Based Approach to Planning 01/26 /2011 - In December, Second Line of Defense sat down with Marty Jenkins of Lockheed Martin to discuss the Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System or AMF JTRS. This is a significant program which can help re-shape interactive connectivity. Mr. Jenkins…
