5/26/12: In a follow-up interview with Col Brad Weisz, Deputy Commander Expeditionary Strike Group TWO, we talked about the evolution of the ARG-MEU as seen from the ESG perspective. (To remind our non-USN and USMC readers, and ARG-MEU is the term used by the USN-USMC team to describe a core…
İZMİR – Anatolia News Agency Turkey can be as significant a production base in aeronautics as it is in automotives, Turkey’s Defense Industries Undersecretary Murad Bayar said yesterday, at a press conference as the Global Industrial Cooperation conference 2012 kicked off. Touching on the benefits of Turkey’s participation in Lockheed…
5/25/12 Second Line of Defense has provided in depth interviews and analyses of the evolution of the sea base. With new aviation assets, these bases can be significant players in defense and security and help re-shape the concepts of operations for air, sea and land missions. [caption id="attachment_39372" align="alignleft" width="300"…
By: Ross Marowits, The Canadian Press MONTREAL - Heroux-Devtek expects of its production of landing gear for the F-35 jet fighter will remain stable for the next few years before taking off due to international orders. "For the next two to three years there's somewhat limited growth but after that…
by Richard Weitz Russia and China conducted their first official bilateral naval exercise (variously referred to as “Maritime Cooperation 2012” and “Sea Interaction 2012”) from April 22-27 in the Yellow Sea near Qingdao, China. The exercise was a genuinely mixed operation, in which both countries made major contributions to the…
5/24/12 by Robbin Laird The visit to Spain and France to participate in the Airbus Military Trade Media Briefing provided an opportunity to look again at the evolution of the A330 multi-mission tanker and the A400M. 21st century air systems are designed differently from older military systems. This has been…
5/23/12 By Robbin Laird As the Euro zone is re-shaped, it will have a major effect on Europeans and defense. Defense and national forces are a key part of sovereignty and expression of what a nation believes and seeks to defend. The Euro zone countries face a major question because…
5/23/12 The Black Swan of the Arab Spring in 2011 whose effects are still unfolding coupled with the Gray Swan of an abrupt entry of Iran as a nuclear power will create a very fluid situation for the Middle East in 2012. Preparing to constrain, contain and attack anticipated Iranian…
