05/16/2016: NAVAL SUPPORT FACILITY DEVESELU, Romania Video depicting inside the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System (AAMDS), the deckhouse and a Vertical Launch System (VLS) at NAVAL SUPPORT FACILITY DEVESELU, Romania. The AAMDS uses a nearly identical configuration of the Vertical Launch System, fire control system, and SPY-1 radar currently in use…
2016-05-15 By Kenneth Maxwell On Thursday May 12, 2016, the Brazilian senate voted by 55 to 22 to begin an impeachment trail of Dilma Rousseff. This means she was suspended from office and vice president Michel Temer was installed as interim president of Brazil. The trial of Rousseff in the senate could last up to…
2016-05-15 By Richard Weitz While celebrating the formal inauguration last week of its new Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense (BMD) site in Romania, NATO’s July heads-of-state summit in Warsaw will need to decide how to develop NATO’s BMD architecture after the fulfillment of the existing plans to establish one more…
2016-05-12 By Robbin Laird During my visit to the United Kingdom in May 2016, I had a chance to meet with Air Commodore Harvey Smyth and members of the RAF Lightning Force team. Air Commodore Smyth was the Tornado Force commander and has been involved with the F-35 program throughout…
2016-05-12 By Robbin Laird I returned to the European Air Group on April 27, 2016 to participate in their latest working group session of 4th/5th generation aircraft integration. Here the continued focus is upon how the coming of the F-35 is part of the reshaping of European airpower and enabling…
2016-05-13 by Robbin Laird During a visit to the Joint Airpower Competence Center of NATO located in Dusseldorf, Germany, specifically in Kalkar, Germany, I had a chance to discuss their important study on the evolution of air warfare capabilities in a networked environment. The Joint Air Power Competence Center or…
2016-05-14 Recently, the European Air Group held a working group which continued their work on 4th and 5th generation integration which is viewed as crucial with 5th generation aircraft here now. The 2016 two-day 4th 5th Generation Integration Information Forum was held at the home of the EAG, RAF High…
2016-05-08 We have published a book on the F-35 and 21st Century Defence: Shaping a Way Ahead. The book is appearing initially on Amazon and will be available worldwide on Amazon stores in their digital format for reading on Kindle. UK site Australian Site The book is about the arrival of…
