2014-08-31 Information War is of growing significance in determining the outcomes of conflicts and their global impacts. Because most of what we know is second hand, and the internet and images are proliferating rapidly and manipulated by those who wish to shape a message, fighting in the world of images…
2014-08-30By Kenneth Maxwell It is less than four weeks to go until Scotland's Independence Referendum. It will take place on September 18th. The wide differences in the public opinion polls about voting intentions are sending conflicting messages, especially about the size of the pro-union vote, which is still apparently in…
2014-08-24 We want to thank our partner Risk Intelligence for bringing this video and posting to our attention. Fighter Pilot Films First Person View Of Flight Over Fjords GoPro-ing over Greenland. By Kelsey D. Atherton Posted 08.21.2014 Being a fighter pilot is a lot of work. Maintenance, years of training,…
2014-08-29 The F-35 enterprise involves building new hangars as well as building out a new fleet. In part, it has been a long time since the US actually built out a new fleet of a large number of aircraft; and even longer when it has built a set of new…
2014-08-28 The focus of both the commercial and military worlds with regard to space and UAVs is upon payloads. What can deliver the digital content which I need for critical requirements now and be effective in the years ahead? Space and UAVs are in competition with one another for this,…
2014-08-23 “Workhorse” Becomes First F-35 to Achieve 1,000 Flight Hours by Kenji Thuloweit 412th Test Wing Public Affairs 6/18/14 Edwards Air Force Base AF-2, the second production F-35 Lightning II for the U.S. Air Force, became the first F-35 to reach 1,000 flight hours. Paul Hattendorf, Lockheed Martin test pilot,…
2014-08-28 The Royal Australian Air Force or RAAF is in the throes of modernization. It started with the C-17, next moved to the Wedgetail, then to the KC-30A and will see the F-35 become its core air fighter asset. But RAAF modernization is not about air power; it is about…
2014-08-28 Earlier, in our discussion with Major Summa, the executive officer of VFMA-121, the first operational U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) F-35 Squadron, the aviator emphasized the impact commonality was already having. Working with the other service pilots provides an important window on where we want to go with the concepts…
