2013-04-15 Robbin Laird My family and I will be participating in an event honoring the B-17 crews this summer in France. In preparing for the event and my presentation on the B-17, I have had the chance to read through many books, and diaries of participants or analysts of the…
2013-04-08 Recently, we released a report on what we are calling a 21st Century weapons enterprise. We are focusing on the impact of new relationships among 5th generation aircraft, weapons and robotics, which can reshape how platforms operate together and how strike is delivered. At the heart of the change…
2013-04-01 By Robbin Laird and Murielle Delaporte Recently, we attended a christening of a new class of US Navy ships called the Mobile Landing Platform. As we looked at the ship from San Diego Harbor, the big gaping hole in the middle is where the change has come: The ship…
2013-03-30 By Scott C. Truver The U.S. Coast Guard has in place ambitious programs that will revitalize the U.S. cutter force to meet the daunting requirements of the 21st Century. Three highly capable cutter classes are underway in March 2013. First, the Legend-class high-endurance National Security Cutters (NSCs) have been…
2013-03-27 Singapore is poised to be the first user of F-35Bs buying them to operate largely from land bases. The significance of the deployment flexibility has not been lost on Singapore. The forthcoming decision will add Singapore to three other members of the B working group, namely, the USN-USMC, the…
2013-03-24 Similar to Italy, Japan is going to build a FAL similar to what Italy has built, according to Jane’s. According to Jon Grevatt in an article posted on 3/22/13: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is preparing to invest billions of yen to construct an assembly line to support its licensed…
2013-03-19 Second Line of Defense visited San Diego for the christening of the USNS Montford Point. The ship is the first of a new class of ships, the Mobile Landing Platform, and a contributor to the innovation in sea basing. As Admiral Buzby, the head of the Military Sealift Command,…
According to an MBDA press release, March 19, 2013: MBDA, European champion and global player in the missile and missile system sector, achieved a turnover of 3 billion euros in 2012, equaling the figure recorded in 2011. Order intake at 2.3 billion euros as compared to 2.6 billion euros in…
