An Interview with Professor Lewis 04/01/2011 - There are some folks in the hypersonics community who envision very large hypersonic cruisers, including airplanes that might take off from anywhere in the continental United States and fly to anywhere on the globe in less than two hours to perform some missions.…
By Ed Timperlake 03/31/2011 - The American and Allied combat action against Mommar Gadhafi is appropriately generating significant debate in America, especially by individuals inside what is called “the beltway".
By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake 03/27/2011 – At a somber ceremony remembering the attack on the Pentagon, the World Trade Center and the fatal crash in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, officials gathered to christen the USS Arlington on March 26, 2011. The event included Arlington County officials, members of families…
By Ed Timperlake Nathan Hodge has just written an extremely important, well-documented and insightful book on peacekeeping and related adventures. The book provides insight into the launch of AFRICOM, a key command in the current Libyan operation. His Chapter 10, “Peace Corps on Steroids” describes with great insight and excellent…
03/26/2011 - Second Line of Defense is visiting the Ingalls Shipyards for the christening of LPD-24, the latest in the new LPD 17 series.
By Ed Timperlake 03/24/2011 - The USMC for over two decades kept the visionary flame of the need for unique capabilities of the MV-22 Osprey burning. In Afghanistan, it has been a potential war tipping technology and in today’s headlines in the Libyan “adventure” a life savor.
An Interview with Pete Bartos 03/22/2011 - The Joint Strike Fighter was designed so that the different elements could be mutually supportive of each other.... These sensors were designed to work together as a combat system with system level capabilities.
By Dr. Richard Weitz 03/22/2011 - Born in 1929 in Russia, Simonov began working as an aviation engineer in the 1950s. He joined the design bureau of the state-owned OAO Sukhoi aircraft corporation as the first deputy chief designer in 1970. During the following nine years he led the development…
