In a recent Wall Street Journal piece on the new Chrysler and its struggle to build new cars, the authors underscored a core challenge facing the new Chrysler management. (...) They just don’t have the suppliers lined up...
Ed Timperlake comments on Air Power Australia Assessments of AESA Radar Competitions (...): "Two mutually supporting papers published in Air Power Australia one by WGCDR Chris Mills and the other by Dr Carlo Kopp perfectly capture the action/reaction dynamic cycle of fighter aircraft design features."
Nine NATO Allies have just signed a declaration of intent to contribute to the Czech-lead initiative to develop a multi-national transport helicopter programme for NATO...
Our sources in Tokyo tell us that the new Japanese government is rethinking in significant ways their relationship with the United States which might well include the SM-3.
Rotorcraft are significant contributors to military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. They provide combat support, logistical lift, troop transport, medivac, and integrated C4ISR for the battlefield. In a recent summary briefing of a study on rotorcraft survivability, the Institute for Defense Analysis provided some insight into the types of investments…
A key transformation of the US military associated with the experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan has been the use of the Internet ...
The acquisition of new tankers for the USAF remains challenging, as it gets underway for the third iteration. Refuelability can be an important discriminator, while its significance should be recognized by future planners, perhaps changing the debate from ‘The Politically Charged’ to ‘The Strategically Charged’ tanker debate.
Dick Kugler has recently published an interesting examination of the tough question of how one would deter a nuclear-armed Iran. He examines this from the standpoint of how the U.S. could spearhead an extended deterrent regime to deal with the emergence of a new nuclear power in the Middle East.
