Osprey Major Redesign Effort: Modified CV-22s Arrive at Cannon Air Force Base

01/21/2022
According to the USAF: “U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 20th Special Operations Squadron familiarize themselves with the new nacelle improvement modifications on a CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Jan. 7, 2022. "The improvements should increase aircraft availability and reduce required maintenance actions, leading…

Team Tempest Reinforced by Japanese-UK Engine Agreement

01/20/2022
Both the UK and Japan are working towards their next fighter aircraft. Both are members of the F-35 enterprise and can build on that operational experience as well. The Japanese are looking in their F-X program to replace their F-2 aircraft; and the UK is looking beyond its current generation…

The Afghan Winter 2022 and Afghan Sanctions

01/17/2022
By Pierre Tran Paris - There was perhaps a faint echo of sweeping U.S. sanctions against Vietnam after 1975, as the people of Afghanistan face a winter of starvation due to international restrictions on humanitarian aid and on the Afghan banking system. News pictures of a chaotic evacuation of Afghan…

Final Report: Australia and Shaping a Sovereign Space Strategy

01/17/2022
On 1 December 2021, the Williams Foundation held its second 2021 seminar, this one focused on shaping a way ahead for a sovereign Australian space strategy. That report can be found on the Williams Foundation website as well as on Second Line of Defense and Defense.info. Since 2018, the focus…

France and Indian Defense Cooperation: Perspectives from Parly’s December 2021 Visit

01/14/2022
By India Strategic “France, more than any other country, understands the necessity of the Indian content. And we are fully committed to the Make in India initiative, as well as to the further integration of Indian manufacturers into our global supply chains. Make in India has been a reality for…

VMFA-115 Deploys to the Middle East, December 2021

01/12/2022
According to a story written by Senior Airman Jacob B. Wrightsman and published by CENTCOM on December 31, 2021: PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia   – Marines from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 deployed to Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in late December, bringing a…

Air Marshal (Retired) Geoff Brown on the ADF and Australian Space Capabilities

01/08/2022
By Robbin Laird On 1 December 2021, the Williams Foundation held its second seminar for the year. The first one was in April 2021 and focused on next generation autonomous systems, and the second one focused on the requirements of a sovereign defence space capability for Australia. After drafting the…

European Defence Cooperation Projects: Diverse Flight Paths?

01/07/2022
By Pierre Tran Paris - France and other European nations should work together in military programs to allow Europe to reach “critical mass,” Guillaume Faury, chairman of GIFAS, the aerospace trade association, said Jan. 6, 2022. It was important there was a “European dimension,” he said at the new year’s…