2/10/18: The inaugural Sub-Regional Defence Ministers’ Meeting on Counter-Terrorism was held in Perth, between 1 and 2 February 2018. The Perth Meeting is a new forum, which brings together ministers from Australia, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand to strengthen counter-terrorism cooperation in our region. Minister for Defence,…
2018-02-08 By Paul Bracken The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) is a thoughtful, deliberative report that captures the big strategic issues facing the United States in the area of nuclear force structure.[1] This is surprising and welcome in my view. The previous two NPRs, in 2002 and 2010 respectively, were ideological tracts with…
2018-02-08 At the current Singapore Air Show, one key development being highlighted is the possibility of the latest variant of the F-16 being built in India. According to an article by Gurdip Singh published on February 7, 2018 by Business World: Lockheed Martin sees decades of business opportunities to make the…
2018-02-10 The UK Chief of Defence Staff has reinforced a commitment to stronger defence ties with Australia after a series of meetings with senior Australian officials. According to an article on the UK Ministry of Defence website published February 7, 2018: During a visit to the country, Sir Stuart Peach…
2018-02-04 By Danny Lam Competition between public and controlled information is as old as life. From the beginning of time, there were information hoarder / controllers and disseminators / distributors. Information science tells us that 99% of information is public and only a tiny portion is significantly restricted. The explosion…
2018-02-09 New Delhi, February 6, 2018: The US Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. David L. Goldfein departed New Delhi Sunday following meetings with US Embassy leadership as well as Republic of India military leadership to discuss strengthening the strategic military-to-military partnership with India. On Wednesday, Gen. Goldfein met with…
1/31/18: In a deal made prior to President Maron becoming President, France and Germany agreed to join forces and share costs of the new squadron. There will be 4 C130Js on the French side to be acquired by 2019 and 6 on the German side after the Bundestag’s expected green…
2018-01-30 By Robbin Laird For 21st century digital military systems, the development process is both about how you build the evolving aircraft as well as testing the product and evolving the lessons learned into the evolving production process. It is an open-ended learning process. And one, which will characterize the…
