2015-06-14 By Robbin Laird In September 2007, the Osprey was deployed for the first time to Iraq. USMC Commandant Conway and Deputy Commandant of Aviation Castellaw announced and made the decision to deploy the Osprey into combat although virtually all public commentators thought this was too early for an “untested”…
2015-06-12 by Murielle Delaporte Interview with Rear Admiral Juan A. Cornago, Spanish Navy, MARCOM DCOS Support Rear Admiral Juan Cornago joined the Spanish Navy College in 1979 and served in the amphibious ship Aragon and in the Navy Air Wing as a Harrier pilot. He then commanded several ships, including…
2015-06-02 By Robbin Laird When I first encountered maintainers of the Osprey several years ago at New River, North Carolina, those pioneers referred to themselves as members of the Osprey nation. As the Osprey became a reality for the USMC, and many Ospreys joined those early few, the term would…
2015-05-31 By Robbin Laird and Murielle Delaporte During the visit to the Boeing V-22 Osprey factory at Boeing’s Philadelphia site, we had a chance to sit down with the Vice President of Boeing Tiltrotor Programs, Kristin Robertson. Prior to her current role, she was the Deputy Program Manager of the…
2015-05-27 According to a communication to the journalists who traveled to the USS WASP on May 26, 2012. Major Greenberg, a PAO officer with the USMC provided a helpful update on the operational testing and their progress. "The first phase of shipboard Marine Corps F-35B operational test (OT-1) is in…
2015-05-02 Late in the evening of April 29, 2015, an Air Force transport KC-767 aircraft took off from Pratica di Mare directed to Nepal, carrying a medical, technical and operational task force sent by the Italian Government to provide humanitarian aid to the Nepalese people in the aftermath of the…
2015-04-22 By Robbin Laird During my recent visit to the United Kingdom to visit the new large deck carrier, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, I met with Tim Gibson and Eric Bownes of Fujitsu defense, both based in the United Kingdom, and discussed the evolving approach. In the interview with Tim…
2015-04-28 By Robbin Laird Leveraging commercial technologies for defense purposes and learning from applications of commercial systems to defense needs provides an important learning cycle for cost reduction and enhanced effectiveness for logistics management systems. The GlobeRanger software systems and decision-making tools are positioned for the sweet spot to provide…
