2016-03-07 Developmental testing is a fact of life for operational fleets. As one test engineer commented during our visit to Pax River, “we continue to do developmental testing on the Super Hornet here at Pax.” And with more than 50,000 flight hours on the F-35 fleet and an operational squadron with…
2016-03-11 By Risk Intelligence Background The two countries are already fighting proxy wars in Syria and Yemen. In Syria, the Saudis are backing several of the rebel groups fighting Bashar al-Assad, who is receiving substantial support from Iran. This also, to some extent, applies to Iraq where Iran is supporting…
2016-03-10 By Robbin Laird When the first F-35 crossed the Atlantic from Cameri, Italy, to NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, the plane had been assembled in Italy and had only 15 flight hours illustrating the confidence of Lockheed Martin and the Italian Government (and Italian pilot) in the maturity of the…
2016-03-06 By Robbin Laird The MAGTF and the USN-USMC team are working on shaping a 21st century approach to joint operations from the sea. There is a broader transformation of jointness being shaped by the evolution of the amphibious forces has escaped attention as precisely what it is – the…
2016-03-04 The HMAS Canberra is part of the Australian aid effort to Fiji to help in the wake of Cyclone Winston. According to the Australian Ministry of Defence: On Tuesday March 01, HMAS Canberra steamed towards cyclone devastated Koro Island to assist with the Fiji Government's disaster relief effort. Australian…
2016-03-09 By Kenneth Maxwell At 6am on Friday morning, March 4, 2016,, Brazilian armed federal police officers arrived at the home in the outskirts of São Paulo, of the former president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, better known to Brazilians and internationally simply as "Lula." On Tuesday of this week, the president of Oderbrecht, one of Brazil's largest…
2016-03-08 By defenceWeb Egypt’s parliament has voted for the approval of a 3.3 billion euro from France to pay for the military hardware it is receiving, from fighter jets to warships. A parliamentary report said that a number of French banks, led by Credit Agricole, will provide a cash loan…
2016-03-08 The F-35 is a first generation information age combat aircraft. The USAF is training with this in mind, and has started the process of preparing the Air National Guard as well for the transition. According to a piece published February 16, 2016, by Airman 1st Class Andrea Posey, the…
