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Next Generation Missiles and Airpower Modernization: The Case of Eurofighter and the Meteor Missile

Posted on November 4, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
11/04/2015
The modernization of the Eurofighter intersecting with the introduction of the Meteor providing for a new intersecting combat capability.
Posted in Con Ops, Manufacturability, What's New

Airbus Working on Passive Radar System

Posted on November 4, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
11/04/2015
European defense giant Airbus Defence and Space is developing a passive radar system that will soon be available to customers.
Posted in Manufacturability, What's New

RAF Tanker Visits South Africa

Posted on November 3, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
11/03/2015
The A330 MRTT makes a lot of sense as it is the only way the SAAF could deploy its Gripen fighters over long distances.
Posted in Manufacturability, What's New

Next Steps in A400M Certification: Grass Runway Operations

Posted on November 3, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
11/03/2015
Certification testing of the A400M new generation airlifter on a grass runway has been completed.
Posted in Con Ops, Manufacturability, What's New

Royal Air Force Operations and Evolving Concepts of Operations: Shaping a Triple Transition

Posted on November 2, 2015 | by SysAdmin
11/02/2015
In this interview, RAF leaders look at the operations and transformation of the force.
Posted in Strategy, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

A Dominant 21st Century Fighting Force: The Role of the Large-Deck Carrier

Posted on November 2, 2015 | by SysAdmin
11/02/2015
For the power projection forces, it is about the capability to work across an extended battlespace.
Posted in Strategy, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

Test Firing of F-35 Gun

Posted on November 2, 2015 | by SysAdmin
11/02/2015
F-35 test pilot Maj Charles “Flak” Trickey fires the first aerial gun test burst of the GAU-22/A 25mm gun from F-35A aircraft AF-2
Posted in The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, Video, Video of the month, What's New

A Syrian No Fly Zone?

Posted on November 2, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
11/02/2015
The execution of a no fly zone needs to be correlated with a clear definition of the end state of such an operation.
Posted in Strategy, What's New
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