With the announcement of President Obama's Surge policy in Afghanistan and the addition of 30,000 extra-troops in a six-month framework, a key question is on the lips: "how are we going to keep providing the equipment the troops will need once in the Afghan theater?"
The pressing need to modernize U.S. Coast Guard long-range assets has been discussed frequently in many different venues. But there has been less focus on the key issues of the other assets, which the USCG needs to modernize.
Network centric warfare has hijacked the common understanding of the impact of C4ISR. The ability to connect assets is central to effectiveness in performance of missions, and in a period where platform acquisition will be more difficult, the ability of the US and its allies to work together is increasingly…
General Walsh has provided a core understanding to the strategic shift in the use of manned air in the COIN environment. The shift is from shaping air around precision-strike to shaping air to provide collaborative presence... “The ability of the ground and air elements to work together to shape presence…
The maintenance team is at the very heart of the evolving Osprey enterprise. They are not the last cog in the wheel of the performance of the aircraft, but are an integral part for determining the capability of the aircraft to exercise its unique capabilities in performance of USMC missions.
For the Governor of Alabama, the aerospace and defense role of the state goes deep into history. “We have invested in the capability to train the personnel needed by the Army, Navy or Air Force for any mission that might be asked of us (...). We feel that we not…
In a recent interview, Lou Kratz, Vice President, Logistics and Sustainment, Lockheed Martin Corporation, laid out an approach towards shaping a new convenant between industry and government in forging a success-based sustainment model. Today, logistics and sustainment are "central to our future in working with our customers", he stresses.
As President Obama began his Asian journey, his White House aides said he viewed China as “America’s most vital partner in tackling the globe’s most intractable issues.” The President himself said “We meet at a time when the relationship between the United States and China has never been more important…
