By Robbin Laird The US Navy has deployed Triton to Guam and has begun its operational history. According to an article on USNI News by Gidget Fuentes published on May 12, 2020, a pair of MQ-4C Tritons operating from Guam has been integrated into fleet operations and provide reach across…
Recently, NATO Chiefs of Defense held their virtual meeting in NATO military committee history. According to a NATO news item published on May 14, 2020: After meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the 30 Chiefs of Defence reviewed NATO’s ongoing operational commitments, particularly the NATO Resolute Support Mission and…
Actually, we are visiting the USS Ford virtually these days. The US navy is starting a series which will highlight the ship and its features, The first of the videos in this series was released on May 15, 2020. As we build out our Kill Web and Deterrence series, we…
By Robert Nutbrown Defence scientists are working with colleagues from industry and academia on a satellite communications (SATCOM) research venture that has the potential to significantly enhance military capability. The project will explore ways of integrating both laser-based optical and radio frequency (RF) communications technologies in a single SATCOM user…
By Captain Jarrad Baldwin Over the past 17 years of C-130 Hercules operations in the Middle East, maintainers from No. 37 Squadron have worked hard to keep the workhorse in the air. The maintainers of the Air Mobility Task Element (AMTE) C-130 Detachment have achieved their 50th rotation to the…
By Kenneth Maxwell Boris Johnson’s family has since 1951 owed the 500 acre West Nethercote Farm near the Exmoor village of Winsford in West Somerset. He spent much of his childhood there. Winsford is quite close to where l live on my hill. It is located further up the River…
By Robbin Laird In our last interview with Rear Admiral Garvin, we focused on how the P-8 / Triton dyad was reshaping the approach of the airborne element of the anti-submarine network. We spoke at length about how the Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Force (MPRF) could be recast into interactive…
By Pierre Tran Paris - A lack of ministerial coordination and sharing of information lay behind a two-day delay in recalling the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier while the crew were stricken by Covid 19, the minister of the armed forces told parliamentarians. Florence Parly appeared respectively May 11 and…
