The F-35 Mission Systems: A Game Changer Viewed from Pax River
07/18/2011
07/18/2011 During our visit to Pax River, a member of the Mission Systems Flight Test group discussed the role of the F-35 mission systems in shaping the future of combat.
Lessons from Broken Japanese Supply Chains
07/11/2011
07/11/2011 The era of ever-expanding supply chains in combination with just-in-time inventory management may have quietly ended, and a new era of calculated redundancy and greater localization may have begun.
Eurofighters, F-15s and Japan
07/07/2011
07/07/2011 The Eurofighter consortium would clearly like to be the F-15 replacement in Japan, where a recent accident led to the grounding of the 40 year old aircraft.
An Update on the X3: A Conversation with Hervé Jammayrac
07/02/2011
During the Paris Air Show, Second Line of Defense talked with Experimental Test Pilot Hervé Jammayrac of Eurocopter. Jammayrac provided an update on the aircraft and the test program. In many ways, the new helicopter was a star at the airshow, bereft of many new flying aircraft.
The Indian Fighter Competition and the Future of Eurofighter
06/29/2011
06/29/2011 - Rob Wells, a senior Eurofighter executive, discusses the future evolution of Eurofighter.
The Chinese Quest
06/27/2011
By Richard McCormack 06/27/2011 - China has embarked on a goal of becoming the world’s leader in science, technology, invention, innovation and commercialization through a wide range of “techno-nationalistic” policies, spending programs and incentives.
Eurofighter at The Paris Air Show: The Indian Dimension
06/22/2011
06/22/2011 Eurofighter in India provides an opportunity to cross two trends: India gets a new fighter aircraft, and the other Eurofighter partners get an upgraded aircraft.
21st Century Air Capabilities
06/18/2011
06/18/2011 - In today’s world, the acquisition of aircraft in financially stringent environments favors multi-mission platforms. The expectation is that the aircraft purchased will do more than their core specialty.