We have published a new book in our airpower and naval modernization series. This book focuses on the Osprey and its evolution since 2007. As the United States faces a global overload of strategic challenges and the concomitant challenge of shaping an effective and capable force to deal with these…
By Robbin Laird The Marines like the other services in the U.S. military have been focusing on how to distribute their forces for both their core missions and in support of joint and coalition operations. Force distribution has been necessitated by the growth of precision strike available to both peer…
By Murielle Delaporte President Macron's address to the French on March 5, 2025[1] echoes the speeches of his predecessors, who tirelessly fought for an autonomous and sovereign defense, or at least the most sovereign defense possible in view of global economic constraints and realities. General de Gaulle's vision of a…
By Pierre Tran Paris - The armed forces minister, Sébastien Lecornu, visited Feb. 27 Turgis Gaillard, a private company developing and building a low-cost medium-altitude, long-endurance combat drone, dubbed Aarok, at Blois, central France. “Turgis Gaillard had the honor to welcome the armed forces minister, Sébastien Lecornu, on its…
By Robbin Laird When I visited VADM Miller, then the Navy’s Air Boss, in 2020, I learned of something called MISR. No not a cheap person, but the Navy’s rethink of how to work the left side of the kill chain or to expand its capability to provide the data…
As the Trump Administration considers a way ahead for U.S. forces, support for the USMC should be front and center. Multi-domain warfare delivered by a survivable and lethal force is at the heart of effective distributed operations. The Maines have crafted the most advanced air enablement capability for the ground…
By Robbin Laird We are publishing four books this year which provide detailed assessments of the question of how did we get where we find ourselves today. In addition, we are publishing assessments as well of aspects of shaping a way ahead, which provide a partial answer to how we…
By Robbin Laird I have focused since my time working with the USCG and with Rear Admiral (Retired) Gilbert, on the challenges of the Arctic opening. I wrote a good deal on this subject from 2010-2015, including highlighting the need for new icebreakers. Well that did not happen. Ed Timperlake…
