2017-08-18 The mine threat is a significant one affecting operations, notably in littoral areas. The Australian Navy certainly recognizes the threat and is expanding the envelope of systems to deal with this threat. Notably, they are preparing for a new role for unmanned underwater systems. According to an article published…
2017-08-14 By Edward Timperlake and Robbin Laird During our recent visit to Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center or NAWDC, Captain Leif “Weed” Steinbaugh, Director of Training at NAWDC, provided our first briefing which oriented us to the changes at NAWDC since we last visited Fallon Naval Air Station in 2014.…
2017-08-17 Mobility Guardian 2017 is a lift and tanking exercise designed to enhance the training of U.S. and allied crews in terms of operating in contested airspace. As high tempo and high intensity operations return as a core activity, the Aussies at Tailsman Sabre 2017 and at Mobility Guardian 2017…
2017-08-14 By Todd Miller USAF leadership, international representatives and media gathered at Holloman AFB August 9, 2017 to focus on the USAF's OA-X Experiment. The event was organized under the auspices of the USAF Light Attack Experiment (OA-X) featuring the Sierra Nevada Corp./Embraer A-29 Super Tucano, Air Tractor Inc./L3 Platform…
2017-08-09 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake We first visited Fallon Naval Air Station in 2014 and produced a Special Report on the evolution of Naval Aviation anchored in part by that visit. https://sldinfo.com/the-evolving-future-for-naval-aviation/ As the then head of the training center, Admiral Scott Conn, who will soon become head…
2017-08-10 As the Pentagon reforms its acquisition approach, the ability to mobilize assets and to support them as was well as to accelerate modernization are clear priorities. But missing from the discussion is the allied dimension in terms of accelerating US combat modernization. The shift from slo mo to preparing…
2017-08-10 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake During our recent visit to NAWDC, we had a chance to talk with the leadership of N-10 or HAVOC as it is known at NAWDC. N10: The US Navy's Airborne Electronic Attack Weapons School, call sign "HAVOC", stood up in 2011 to execute the…
2017-08-11 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake The new variant of the Hawkeye has come to the fleet. The E-2D IOC’d with VAW-125 in 2014. And aboard the USS Theodore Roosevel, they completed a CENTCOM deployment ISO OIR. Then earlier this year, the E2-DE-2D as it is known arrived in…
