Viewing the First F-35 Night Flight

01/25/2012
01/25/2012 The first night flight in the history of the F-35 Program was completed Wednesday, January 18, 2011 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Piloted by Lockheed Martin Test Pilot Mark Ward, AF-6, an F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant, launched at 5:05 p.m. PST and landed after sunset…

Biography: Major General (2s) Alain Faupin

01/09/2012
Major General (2s) Alain Faupin Born in Reims, France, (DOB Dec 4 1939) MG Faupin has completed a 40 year-military career in many operational, headquarters, staffs,  education, and foreign  service positions. A graduate of St Cyr Military Academy he held  several assignments with cavalry and light armor with the French Foreign…

Adversity and strategy: two sides of the same concept

12/01/2011
The goals the decision makers set themselves require building a strategy that takes account of the conditions for exercising their activities. When these conditions are contrary we talk about adversity. But would there need strategy if there was no adversity? Operational activities are never guided by the struggle against adversity,…

DIRECTORY A: AEGATES CONSULTING

11/21/2011
AEGATES CONSULTING Contact: Mr. Jehan-Christophe CHARLES Address: 625, bd Ste Geneviève – 83130 La Garde - France Tel +33 (0)4 94 273 315 / Cell: +33 (0)6 14 026 889 Website:  www.aegatesconsulting.fr Email Address: [email protected]   Main Activities: Maritime defence and security consulting: - Studies, operational expertise, contact with French MoD; - Documentation…

DIRECTORY B : BUTZBACH

11/08/2011
BUTZBACH Contact: Jean-Daniel GROSS Address: 53, route de Mulhouse - 68170 Rixheim - France Tel: +33 (0)3 89 63 74 75 / Fax: +33 389 44 95 90 Website: www.butzbach.com Email: [email protected]   Main Activities : Manufacturing Installation and maintenance of industrial doors Façade in translucent fibreglass panels of high resistance and good thermal…

Pacific Strategy XVII: The Way Ahead

11/01/2011
11/01/2011 We have laid out several key building blocks for a new Pacific strategy which leverages the new platforms we are building now or about to build.  We also believe that the approach we have laid out allows the United States to take the best of what we are currently…

Pacific Strategy XVI: Weaponizing the Honeycomb

11/01/2011
11/01/2011 One of the greatest strength’s America has is to dream great dreams. Nowhere is this more evident in our pushing the envelope in aeronautical and space research. A robust debate is always going on in professional and scientific journals about the next generation of aircraft and technology. It would…