AN INTERVIEW WITH LIEUTENANT-COLONEL DEHNER "One of the new operational capabilities of the F-35B is its ability to sense the IR energy or the heat coming off the environment, a full 360 degrees around the aircraft. It’s as if you are in the middle of a soccer ball : this…
AN INTERVIEW WITH TEST PILOT "SQUIRT" KELLY "We think there will be a building block approach, as we integrate more of the capabilities into the aircraft and the helmet. We saw the same jump in tactics development in the simulator when we first added the helmet capability. We had to…
AN INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL GAVIARD "I would like to tell you about the very sensitive problems inherent to target designation as we experienced it in situ. Air operations have always been monitored closely politically."
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE COMMANDER OF U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMAND "Asset visibility is the cornerstone of effective end-to-end delivery. We are working to enhance such visibility. Indeed, we are standing up a new fusion center, which will allow us to have real-time visibility on assets and to make better decisions that…
AN INTERVIEW WITH TOM GOUDREAU "There is no doubt that asset visibility and supply chain visibility are an important component of controlling bubbles in the supply chain."
BY DR. HARALD MALMGREN AND DR. ROBBIN LAIRD The idea of leaving the Euro and returning to national autonomy has come back to life, not only in Greece but also in Spain, Italy, France and even Germany. The historical forces of fragmentation are once again at work.
BY RICHARD WEITZ Russian defense companies are counting on additional weapons sales to India to compensate for the precipitous decline in their military exports to China. India is replacing the PRC as the world’s leading arms importer. Until now, Soviet and Russian suppliers have provided about two-thirds of India’s military…
AN INTERVIEW WITH JIM STROCK In a general sense, the capabilities that we need in the sea base are the ability to conduct at-sea transfer of personnel, equipment, and supplies between large vessels and maneuver those capabilities ashore via all forms of surface craft. The last time we talked, we…
