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ISSUES & TRENDS

French A400Ms Provide Logistics Support to Operation Barkane

Posted on March 5, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
03/05/2016
A400Ms are supporting the counter-terrorist campaign in Africa by direct support flights from France.
Posted in Logs & Sustainment, What's New

Next F-35s Across the Atlantic: Dutch F-35s to Fly from Edwards to the Netherlands

Posted on March 5, 2016 | by SysAdmin
03/05/2016
The Dutch Air Force will bring their first F-35s to the Netherlands later this year.
Posted in The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

Australia to Build New Submarines: Part of the Strategic Quadrangle?

Posted on March 4, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
03/04/2016
A decision to buy Japanese submarines would mean that a common Australian-Japanese submarine fleet could operate and be sustained from two areas of the Pacific.
Posted in Con Ops, Market Opportunities, What's New

The KC-30A and the F-35A: Shaping an Extended Battlespace

Posted on March 4, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
03/04/2016
Given the capabilities of the KC-30A and the reach of a fleet of F-35s in terms of their interactive capabilities, the combination will be a powerful one.
Posted in Con Ops, What's New

The Coming of the CH-53K to the Amphibious Force: How to Describe a New 21st Century Air Platform and Its Impact?

Posted on March 3, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
03/03/2016
Although a CH-53, the CH-53K is not easily understood as an evolution of earlier models.
Posted in Con Ops, Manufacturability, What's New

Australian Defense and Energy Security: A Key Enabler

Posted on March 2, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
03/02/2016
Energy security is a key challenge facing Australia as an island continent at the bottom of the Asia Pacific region. According to the Australian Defence Minister. “It is an area of enabling capability within Defence that has been significantly underfunded in recent years, and it is one which this white…
Posted in Featured Article, Security

Rolling Out the F-35 Fleet from the Testing Perspective: An Interview with the Chief Test Engineer for the F-35 ITF at Pax River

Posted on March 2, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
03/02/2016
Put bluntly, if you waiting for the end of developmental testing come back in 30-40 years.
Posted in Con Ops, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

Focusing on Information Warfare: A New Journal “Defence Strategic Communications”

Posted on March 2, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
03/02/2016
A new NATO journal focuses on the evolving practice of information warfare.
Posted in Strategy, What's New
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