No Accident: The Newly Configured USMC Amphibious Ready Group 2016 By Ed Timperlake 03/05/2011 - “In short, simply by completing the procurement of what the USN and USMC are in the course of doing in a very short period, (F-35B, MV-22, CH-53K, LCS and LPD-17) the nation gains significant flexibility…
China’s Innovation Policies Will Create Greater Imbalances Originally published in Manufacturing and Technology News, February 18, 2011 03/03/2011 - China’s strategy of forcing western multinational companies to transfer their most innovative technologies, research and design to China in order to continue doing business there is succeeding, and it is succeeding…
2/25/11 By Ed Timperlake In a practice air-to-air engagement, when one fighter closed on his opponent inside of the missile envelope to put the gun sight piper on the adversary, a call goes out “guns guns guns.” This is a blunt fighter pilot way of saying “your dead!” In real…
02/24 /2011 - In January 2011, Second Line of Defense sat down with Professor Lewis to discuss the current status and dynamics of hypersonics. Mark J. Lewis is chairman of Clark School’s Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, and President of the American Institute of…
Enabling Cost Effective Capability 02/24/2011 - In December, Second Line of Defense sat down with Marty Jenkins of Lockheed Martin to discuss the Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System or AMF JTRS. This is a significant program which can help re-shape interactive connectivity. This is the third of a…
Lt. General Deptula on Gorgon Stare 02/24/2011 - (Provided by Lt. Gen. Deptula) SLD: What does Gorgon Stare bring to the warfighting table? Lt. Gen. Deptula: The Gorgon Stare program was developed to meet the ever-increasing demand for motion video from joint forces deployed in Afghanistan. What motion video accomplishes…
The U.S. Military and Bahrain By Dr. Richard Weitz 02/24/2011 - One of the most important U.S. Navy bases in the world is located a few miles from the site of the mass protests in Bahrain: the headquarters of the Fifth Fleet. There are presently more than 2,000 American military…
Senate Ponders Iraq 2012 By Dr. Richard Weitz This is the latest in our Iraq 2012 series 02/18/2011 - As Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake note, there has been little Western commentary about how events in Tunisia and Egypt are affecting developments in Iraq. Yet, there have already been some…
