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An Update on the USS America: The 15th MEU And Alligator Dagger

Posted on September 22, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
09/22/2017
The USS America is the new kid on the block in terms of amphibious warfare.
Posted in Con Ops, What's New

Grim Reapers Onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln

Posted on September 22, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
09/22/2017
USS Abraham Lincoln, the first US Navy aircraft carrier capable of accommodating the F-35C Lightning II, welcomed the fifth-generation jet fighter on board earlier this month.
Posted in Con Ops, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

Shaping a Way Ahead to Prepare for 21st Century Conflicts: Payload-Utility Capabilities and the Kill Web

Posted on September 14, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
09/14/2017
Currently the U.S. and core allied militaries is in an “applied physics” phase of 21 Century combat development.
Posted in Con Ops, Strategy, What's New

The Maritime Services, the Allies and Shaping the Kill Web

Posted on September 14, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
09/14/2017
Moving from a kill chain focused force to a kill web one defines a key trajectory of US and allied defense transformation.
Posted in Con Ops, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

Plan Jericho in Action: RAAF C-130J Hercules Sat Trials

Posted on September 10, 2017 | by Caroline Teames
09/10/2017
The RAAF conducts C-130J Hercules Sat trials as part of Plan Jericho.
Posted in Con Ops, What's New | Tagged Air Force, Airbus Group, Australia Pacific, C-130J Hercules, Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group, Honeywell, Inmarsat, Ka-Band Satellite Communication antenna, L-3 Communications, RAAF, SATCOM

Air Commodore Chipman on Electronic Warfare Within the Evolving Integrated Force

Posted on September 7, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
09/07/2017
Air Commodore Chipman looks at the challenge of designing the fore with EW capabilities built in.
Posted in Con Ops, What's New

Shaping a Way Ahead with Electronic Warfare Capabilities: Key Presentations at the Williams Foundation Seminar on EW

Posted on September 7, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
09/07/2017
Building in EW is about reshaping the payloads, which can be delivered by the integrated force across the spectrum of warfare.
Posted in Con Ops, What's New

From Red Flag to the Real World: Marine Corps F-35Bs Integrated with USAF Strategic Bombers in Deterrent Deployment

Posted on September 6, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
09/06/2017
It is hard to show up in a crisis if you are not there. And the Marines are there with among other things their F-35Bs.
Posted in Con Ops, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New
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