2016-02-27 Remember the USAF's new Airbus tanker? It has been seen recently over the skies of Edward Air Force base. It did not just go away after being sidelined by the Boeing protest via the GAO route several years ago, it has become a staple of several allied air forces.…
2016-02-24 Recently, Defense News reported cutting edge thinking from the USAF in which manned aircraft flew with unmanned aircraft to shape a joint mission. AFRL, working with the Air Force’s test pilot school, has already demonstrated that this concept of teaming a manned with an unmanned aircraft is possible in a…
2016-02-22 By Robbin Laird As the United States faces a new Administration and with the resurgent Russians reshaping their place in the world, it will be crucial to shape a real policy towards deterrence of Russia. We have gone way beyond the reset button; and face a significant deterioration not…
2016-02-26 By Robbin Laird Yesterday at the Atlantic Council in Washington DC, Tord Lien, Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy presented his assessment of Norway, the High North and European Energy Security. Because he is neither the Foreign nor the Defense Minister, his discussion of security was limited to discussing…
2016-02-25 The Joint Air Power Competence Center or JPACC is based in Germany and was formed and focused on helping NATO member nations shape more effective airpower solutions for 21st century challenges. According to its website: The Joint Air Power Competence Centre (JAPCC) was formed on 1 January 2005 to…
2016-02-22 By Richard Weitz The last few months have seen the release of several documents, interviews, and speeches that provide revealing insights into the Kremlin’s worldview. At the end of December, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a new National Security Strategy. The Russian president is required to issue a revised…
2016-02-25 As we look at the evolution of airpower, and its evolving role in military operations, we have argued that they can form the backbone for the insertion of force, properly calibrated, effects achieved and withdrawn. Evolving concepts of operations under the influence of technology are clearly changing the ways…
2016-02-21 By Kenneth Maxwell Lord Thomas Cochrane after founding the Chilean navy, and guaranteeing the independence of Chile by audacious naval action along the Pacific coast, was invited in 1823 by D. Pedro, the son of the Portuguese monarch, who had declared the independence of Brazil from Portugal, to command the new Brazilian navy with the rank…
