2016-06-07 We visited Jax Navy at the end of May 2016, and will produce a Special Report summarizing the findings from the visit. In this article, we would like to highlight some articles, which provide insights into various aspects of the standing up and operation of the P-8/Triton capability. These…
2016-06-03 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake The U.S. and its core allies are transforming systems, which tend to operate separately but then networked to gain greater synergy to ones which are “” from the ground up into a seamless offensive-defensive enterprise. In our book on the rebuilding of American military…
2016-06-06 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake During our visit to Jax Navy On 22 and 24 May, we had a chance to meet with and discuss the P-8/Triton with Commander Miguel Martinez, CO of Patrol Squadron 16 and Commander Amanda Hawkins, the Executive Officer of the Squadron. The Command…
2016-06-08 By Ed Timperlake and Robbin Laird The US Navy is building a new Maritime Domain Awareness strike capability with the P-8/Triton dyad. To move from a program which exists on paper to one which exits in practice is a challenge. And to do so, the role of a person…
2016-06-02 In this video from the Dutch Ministry of Defence, two Dutch F-35s, which had been operating as part of the test group at Edwards AFB, are seen crossing the Atlantic. Accompanying them is the Dutch Minister of Defence in her Gulfstream along with two Dutch tankers. A number of F-16s…
2016-05-31 By Ed Timperlake and Robbin Laird The USN is approaching the P-8/Triton combat partnership as a way to address the integration of manned, and unmanned systems, or what are now commonly called “remotes”. The Navy looked at the USAF experience and intentionally decided to not build a Triton “remote”…
06/05/2016: Australia’s first P-8A Poseidon aircraft has completed its maiden flight. The aircraft flew a short distance from Renton Airfield to Boeing Field in Washington State USA, to where the P-8A’s sophisticated mission systems will be installed as part of project AIR 7000. The $5.4 billion P-8A program will provide Australia’s…
2016-06-03 By Nilova Roychaudhury Special to India Strategic New Delhi. India has joined the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) against ballistic missile proliferation becoming the 138th country to sign it. The HCOC is intended to supplement the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), and for India, this is a step forward towards…
