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Air Mobility: A Proven Concept for the French Forces

Posted on July 24, 2012 | by Robbin Laird
07/24/2012
This article looks at the role of French Army Light Aviation.
Posted in Con Ops, What's New | Tagged ALAT, Eurocopter, French Army, French forces, Tiger helicopter

Iraq’s Internal Security: Dangerous But Doable

Posted on July 23, 2012 | by Robbin Laird
07/23/2012
In his continuing look at Iraq, Richard Weitz assesses the state of Iraq's internal security.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New | Tagged Iraq

UK F-35B Flies to Eglin AFB to Start its Testing

Posted on July 23, 2012 | by Robbin Laird
07/23/2012
First UK F-35B flies to Eglin AFB to starts its test and evaluation role.
Posted in The Integrated Distributed Combat Force | Tagged F-35B, UK

Iraqi Economic Challenges: Beyond Hydrocarbons

Posted on July 19, 2012 | by Robbin Laird
07/19/2012
In his continuing series on Iraq, Richard Weitz looks at the broader economic challenges facing Iraq.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New

The Joint Strike Fighter and the Australian Defense Sector

Posted on July 17, 2012 | by Robbin Laird
07/17/2012
A look at the participation of Australian defense industry in the F-35 program by our partner APDR.
Posted in Manufacturability, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New | Tagged APRDR, Australia, F-35

The Parting: The Pentagon and Iraq

Posted on July 17, 2012 | by Robbin Laird
07/17/2012
Richard Weitz looks at the end game for the Pentagon in Iraq. How big a success or failure?
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New | Tagged Iraq, Pentagon, US Military

High Speed, High Value: The X 3 Visits America

Posted on July 16, 2012 | by Robbin Laird
07/16/2012
A look at the Eurocopter high speed hybrid helicopter.
Posted in Con Ops, Manufacturability, What's New | Tagged Eurocopter, X Cubed, X3

A Whole New Twist on “Buy America”

Posted on July 16, 2012 | by Robbin Laird
07/16/2012
SLD was first to forecast that the Chinese would try to buy Hawker Beechcraft.
Posted in Manufacturability, Policy Dynamics, What's New | Tagged China, Hawker Beechcraft, super tucano
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