2016-11-22 By Richard Weitz The Russian speakers at Valdai differed on the impact of the Western sanctions applied against Russia’s energy, defense and banking sectors in response to Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in March 2014 and its support for the separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine. Since 2014, the United States…
2016-11-21 In a recent story published on November 19. 2016 by Lt. J.G. Madeline Sanchez, with a dateline of San Diego, California, the F-35 helmet is highlighted a key part of the F-35 as a combat system. When the DoD launched the acquisition process for the revolutionary multi-service, multi-role, single…
2016-11-20 Earlier this month, the UK and France announced a new agreement involving MBDA, the missile company, which provided a venue to expand their cross-channel collaboration. According to Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon: Sir Michael made the announcement, which further deepens the UK-France defence relationship, at the Franco-British Council meeting today…
2016-11-20 A new Special Report highlights perspectives from the operators at RAF Lossiemouth. The Royal Air Force is in transition as the Tornado is retired, the Typhoon is modernized and the P-8 and F-35 are introduced. Infrastructure of key bases is being modernized as well. This transition as seen by officers…
2016-11-19 By Robbin Laird I first visited RAF Lossiemouth in April 2016. In a return visit in June, I was able to get updates on the RAF preparation for P-8s, an update on the Typhoon and operations in the Middle East, a discussion of the ground support system for Typhoon,…
2016-11-14 By Robbin Laird On November 2, 2016, we had a chance to visit the Spanish Air Force at their Albacete Airbase and to talk with a Eurofighter pilot as well as senior maintenance officer. They both had worked with Eurofighter in the latest Baltic Air Patrol earlier this year. Albacete…
2016-11-18 By Murielle Delaporte The fact that crisis serve as a catalyst for needed and awaited reforms is a well-known proposition. The triple effect of an increasing threat environment, of Brexit and now of what is widely perceived in Europe as the unpredictability of a new Trump Administration is having…
2016-11-18 by Murielle Delaporte For the very first time, the French Center and Right political parties – composed of the Republicans (LR, "Les Républicains", the Christian Democrats (PCD) and the National Center for Self-Employed and Farmers (CNIP, Centre national des indépendants et paysans) organized this year an open primary aiming…
