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Leadership Lessons Which Should be Learned from the Crozier Case

Posted on April 30, 2020 | by Robbin Laird
04/30/2020
Editor’s Note: We excerpted the eight lessons which should be learned from the complete article by Charlie Dunlap, J.D. on the Crozier case. But Dunlap’s comprehensive article published in Lawfire should be read in its entirety and we are posting this excerpt to draw our reader’s attention and suggest they…
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New

A Small Ship but a Significant Shift

Posted on April 30, 2020 | by Robbin Laird
04/30/2020
By Robbin Laird When I first came to Australia in 2014, I was asked to write a report for the Williams Foundation on their seminar on the evolution of airpower, which focused in a significant way on the coming of fifth generation aircraft and their impact on airpower modernization. From…
Posted in Manufacturability, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

Rebooting the French Economy with the Help of the Defense Sector

Posted on April 29, 2020 | by Robbin Laird
04/29/2020
By Pierre Tran Paris – The armed forces ministry has asked companies to submit ideas for speeding up orders for weapons, as part of a national recovery plan intended to soften the economic and social impact of the coronavirus crisis, industry leaders said. Armed with information from industry, the ministry…
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New

Europe, the COVID-19 Crisis and Libya

Posted on April 29, 2020 | by Robbin Laird
04/29/2020
The migration crisis of the past few years preceded the COVID-19 crisis, but the concern about how the two might cross one another is a major one within Europe. One approach being taken by the European Union is to try to bolster the Libyan Coast Guard to hold back illegal…
Posted in Security, What's New

Danish Support to French-led Operation Barkhane

Posted on April 29, 2020 | by Robbin Laird
04/29/2020
By defenceWeb Denmark’s two EH-101 Merlin helicopters have transported 1 800 personnel and 45 tonnes of cargo during their first three months in Mali as part of the French-led Operation Barkhane counter-terrorism operations in the region. The French defence ministry earlier this month said the two Merlin helicopters and more…
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New

Japanese and French Defense Ministers Confer

Posted on April 28, 2020 | by Robbin Laird
04/28/2020
According to the Japanese Ministry of Defence, on April 17, 2020, the Japanese Defence Minister and his French counterpart conferred on joint issues. In a telephone conversation with Minister Parly of France: The two ministers exchanged views on issues such as the roles to be played by the defense authorities…
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New

Task Force Flexibility: The USS America Expeditionary Strike Group in the South China Sea

Posted on April 27, 2020 | by Robbin Laird
04/27/2020
With the coming of the USS America amphibious assault ship, the USN/USMC team has significantly greater flexibility to shape a task force tailored to a wide range of missions and capable of working with a variety of diverse fleet assets. A case in point is the operation of the Expeditionary…
Posted in Con Ops, What's New

Boeing Exits Embraer Joint Venture: And Embraer Counters

Posted on April 27, 2020 | by Robbin Laird
04/27/2020
The Embraer KC-390 is seen in the photo above (credited to Embraer) and is one of the reasons Boeing signed a joint venture with Embraer in the first place. The joint venture embraced this airplane as a core part of the way ahead for the joint venture. In an October…
Posted in Market Opportunities, What's New
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