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Manufacturability

The Arrival of the CVN 78: The Ship’s Captain Talks About the Way Ahead

Posted on January 24, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
01/24/2015
CVN 78 is designed to operate more effectively with an evolving airwing, which will change over the 50-year plus life of the carrier.
Posted in Con Ops, Manufacturability, What's New

Crafting the Gerald R. Ford Flight Deck: Enlarging the Operational Space

Posted on January 22, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
01/22/2015
The Gerald R. Ford has an additional 8000 square feet of operational space on the flight deck.  
Posted in Con Ops, Manufacturability, Op-ed, What's New

Shaping Flexible C2 at Sea: The Role of Flexible Infrastructure

Posted on January 21, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
01/21/2015
The CVN 78 has significant potential role as a very flexible command and control at sea command platform. The technology inherent in the ship provides for such a possibility.
Posted in Manufacturability, What's New

Germany Takes Delivery of First A400M: 9 Delivered to 4 Air Forces To Date

Posted on December 18, 2014 | by Robbin Laird
12/18/2014
A total of nine A400Ms have now been delivered and the aircraft is in service with four nations.
Posted in Con Ops, Manufacturability, Market Opportunities, What's New

Expanding the Effects of the Eurofighter: Missile Modernization

Posted on December 14, 2014 | by Robbin Laird
12/14/2014
Eurofighter is continuing to progress with its weapons modernization program.    
Posted in Con Ops, Manufacturability, Video, What's New

Northrop Grumman F-35 Assembly Line Delivers First Center Fuselage for Norwegian F-35

Posted on December 13, 2014 | by SysAdmin
12/13/2014
The 2013 Assembly Plant of the Year delivers the first center fuselage for the first Norwegian F-35.
Posted in Manufacturability, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

Testing Silent Nemo: A Robot Takes to the Water

Posted on December 12, 2014 | by Caroline Teames
12/12/2014
Video:Testing Silent Nemo: A Robot Takes to the Water
Posted in Con Ops, Manufacturability, Video, What's New | Tagged Ali Rockett, Chief of Naval Operations, Ghost Swimmer vehicle, Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek - Fort Story, Mike Hixenbaugh, Rapid Innovation Cell project, Silent Nemo

Nigeria to Buy JF-17 Fighters?

Posted on December 3, 2014 | by Robbin Laird
12/03/2014
Nigeria is reportedly close to buying the Chinese-Pakistan produced combat jet.
Posted in Manufacturability, What's New
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