By Robbin Laird With the coming of software upgradeable aircraft which have health management systems built in, there is a strategic opportunity or better put, a strategic imperative, to leverage those systems to gain knowledge and mastery of a combat fleet. The opportunity is there to gain predictive knowledge about…
As new aircraft enter the combat fleet, there is a clear opportunity to shape new approaches to sustainment for global operations. This is especially true if the aircraft in question is bought and operated by allies as well as US forces.’ The core promise of the F-35 global enterprise rests…
By Robbin Laird The slideshow contained in this article shows the formal celebration of Australian National Day held on the 26thof January. The day marks the arrival of the first fleet to Australia. The day honors the arrival of the British first fleet in Botany Bay on January 24, 1788.…
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A detachment of CLAEX, with 2 planes alongside support from the 11th Wing maintenance personnel, has been relocated to Istres Air Base in France, where they partook in a flight test campaign with the UAV nEURON. The development of nEURON is the result of a European partnership led by the…
By Ed Timperlake The Trump Administration has clearly indicated that it is working a strategic shift away from the land wars to crisis management with peer competitors. The focus has been upon a return of great power competition. But it this will be difficult to do in terms of resources…
By Robbin Laird The Russian takeover of Crimea signaled an end to the optimistic post-Cold War era. As Putin continued to ramp up challenges, the West gradually began to focus on the return of direct defence. Protecting critical infrastructure from cyber attack is, in many ways, surpassing other forms of…
By Robbin Laird In visits to the Nordics over the past few years, we have been looking at the return of direct defense and the challenges facing Northern Europe with the shaping of a new Russian challenge. This challenge is hybrid, nuclear and direct. We have looked as well at…
