Actually, we are visiting the USS Ford virtually these days. The US navy is starting a series which will highlight the ship and its features, The first of the videos in this series was released on May 15, 2020. As we build out our Kill Web and Deterrence series, we…
By Robert Nutbrown Defence scientists are working with colleagues from industry and academia on a satellite communications (SATCOM) research venture that has the potential to significantly enhance military capability. The project will explore ways of integrating both laser-based optical and radio frequency (RF) communications technologies in a single SATCOM user…
By Captain Jarrad Baldwin Over the past 17 years of C-130 Hercules operations in the Middle East, maintainers from No. 37 Squadron have worked hard to keep the workhorse in the air. The maintainers of the Air Mobility Task Element (AMTE) C-130 Detachment have achieved their 50th rotation to the…
By Kenneth Maxwell Boris Johnson’s family has since 1951 owed the 500 acre West Nethercote Farm near the Exmoor village of Winsford in West Somerset. He spent much of his childhood there. Winsford is quite close to where l live on my hill. It is located further up the River…
By Robbin Laird In our last interview with Rear Admiral Garvin, we focused on how the P-8 / Triton dyad was reshaping the approach of the airborne element of the anti-submarine network. We spoke at length about how the Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Force (MPRF) could be recast into interactive…
By Pierre Tran Paris – A lack of ministerial coordination and sharing of information lay behind a two-day delay in recalling the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier while the crew were stricken by Covid 19, the minister of the armed forces told parliamentarians. Florence Parly appeared respectively May 11 and…
By Robbin Laird With the strategic shift from the land wars to engaging in higher end conflict situations with peer competitors, electronic warfare and its role is changing as well. When Ed Timperlake and I visited Fallon in 2017, we met with members of HAVOC, the US Navy’s Airborne Electronic…
The picture above highlights the kind of collaboration which the United States is conducting with its Spanish allies from the Morón Air Base in Spain. In the photo, a USMC osprey is seen operating with Spanish Air Force Eurofighters in conducting low altitude detection and intercept missions against slow targets.…
