2015-02-22 The distributed aperture system or DAS is a key set of sensors on the F-35 which provides data for the fused cockpit system and the helmet display. In an interview which we did at Pax River with a USMC test pilot in the spring of 2010, it was clear…
2015-02-24 Earlier, we highlighted the coming of Plan Jericho to the Australian defense forces. As Air Marshal Brown noted on May 29, 2014: I intend to release Plan Jericho, the RAAF transformation plan, in early 2015. It will guide our force transformation, enabled by our new 5th Gen capabilities, over the…
2015-02-10 By Robbin Laird I first met Captain Hall at the christening ceremony for the USS America in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on October 20, 2012. A lot has happened since then with the ship, and its arriving combat capabilities. The ship moved out of the yard last year and began a…
2015-02-23 Recently, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, the research arm of the German Social Democratic Party, sponsored a look at the future with regard to the European Union and the East. According to the foundation: The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung has invited 20 experts from all over Europe to jointly develop four scenarios for relations between…
2015-02-22 According to a story on the UK Ministry of Defence website: The East of England will receive a further boost as the hub for the UK’s future combat aircraft fleet, with hundreds of millions of pounds invested to help prepare for the arrival of the UK’s first F-35B Lightning…
2015-02-22 According to a story on the French Air Force website, the Atlas A400M flew to the United Arab Emirates to deliver cargo to the French military. [maxgallery id="74966"] The A400M demonstrates a bit more each day its extraordinary capacity for projection. It can fulfill this type of mission…
2015-02-22 Although on their way to retirement, the UK Tornados have been busy in Iraq. The missions of the Tornados will be taken over in part as the Typhoons receive weapons currently being used by the Tornados in their missions, including Brimstone. According to the UK Ministry of Defence: On…
2015-02-22 There certainly is one country in the West which does not act like nuclear threats and challenges are at the bottom of the defense list. France as a nuclear power -- and which pays significantly for being one -- has had a long standing concern with the nuclear threat.…
