2013-06-12 According to an article in The Los Angeles Times (June 10, 2013) by W.J. Hennigan: An F-35 fighter jet launched a missile in mid-flight from its internal weapons bay for the first time in a test flight for the Air Force. The missile firing took place last week about…
2013-06-11 By Murielle Delaporte The revolution in logistics seen in air and maritime support for ground forces can reshape how these forces operate. The French experience in Mali provides a case in point. The French forces were requested by the Mali government to intervene to defend the capital and the southern…
2013-06-11 In some ways, the Trade Media Brief event hosted by Airbus Military (AM), this year in Seville Spain, is a pre-Paris Air Show event. This year, the A400M is a key feature for AM given its first delivery to the French Air Force with a delivery later this year…
2013-05-30 By Ed Timperlake It is now time to focus on evolving U.S. military force structure and technology in response to what Professor Paul Braken has identified in a seminal work as: “the challenge of deterrence in the second nuclear age.” We had a chance to interview Professor Braken and we…
In the 21st century, a defense prime contractor delivers the final product. But increasingly, he does so through managing a supply chain, which is rooted in commercial and military supplies. These blended products feed into the company responsible for final delivery of a product to a customer, and these…
2013-06-10 During the Airbus Military Trade Media Briefing 2013, held on May 29th and 30th 2013, Angel Barrio Cardaba Head of Engineering and Technology provided an overview on a number of technological developments at Airbus Military over the past year. But the key system highlighted was the C295W. The C-295W from…
2013-06-09 The A330MRTT built by Airbus Military is an unusual product. It can combine tanking a diversity of air platforms with the fuel carried in its wings, with significant cargo or passenger capacity as well. This multi-mission character of the plane – many things at once rather than having to…
2013-06-06 Airbus Military is the 21st Century version of CASA. As such, it combines the CASA heritage, and the C-212, and CN-235 with new products, notably the new A330MRTT tanker and the strategic-tactical blend of an airlifter, the A400M. At the Trade Media Brief held at the end of May…
