Pax River Integrated Test Team Tests Paveway IV Weapons Separation from F-35B

06/20/2015
2015-06-20 We have written earlier about UK-US collaboration on the launch of the F-35 global enterprise. This has recently been most visible with regard to F-35B shipboard integration operational tests aboard the USS WASP. https://www.sldinfo.com/the-uk-engagement-with-the-uss-wasp-f-35b-opertional-tests/ https://www.sldinfo.com/aboard-the-uss-wasp-participants-in-operational-testing-provide-a-progress-report/ https://www.sldinfo.com/the-new-uk-aircraft-carrier-reshaping-the-royal-navy-and-the-royal-air-force/ https://www.sldinfo.com/its-in-the-hands-of-professionals-aboard-the-uss-wasp-for-the-f-35-operational-tests/ The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force from Air Test…

Closing the US Navy’s Mine Warfare Gap

06/20/2015
2015-06-20 By Scott C. Truver When naval mine warfare is discussed, the focus usually is on the technologies, systems, platforms and people needed to counter our adversaries’ use of naval mines.[1] Indeed, when Commander Peter Bergen Henegouwen, HNLN, Commander, Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1, outlined for Second Line of…

DCI Interview with Murielle Delaporte at Le Bourget

06/19/2015
2015-06-17  The DCI Group is a French-based training and services organization which supports the French military and global partners worldwide. Their focus on training is highlighted in their interview of Murielle Delaporte, co-founder of Second Line of Defense and editor of OPERATIONNELS, a French defense magazine which focuses on operations,…

Air Refueling of F-35s

06/19/2015
2015-06-19  F-35′s from the 56th Fighter Wing are seen with two KC-135′s for an aerial refueling mission over Arizona. Credit Video: 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs 6/5/15 And the perspective from MCAS Beaufort: Fueling a fighter jet mid-mission isn’t as easy as exiting a highway to top off your tank. It’s really…

An Update on Italian F-35s

06/19/2015
2015-06-19  Our partner, Rivista Italiana Difesa, recently provided an update on the F-35s for Italy. [caption id="attachment_75658" align="alignnone" width="300"] The first Italian F-35 leaves the factory at Cameri in March 2015.  [/caption] At the Le Bourget Air Show, RID had the opportunity to obtain some exclusive information. Lockheed Martin is…

Dealing with the Challenge of Mine Warfare: An Interview with Commander Peter Bergen Henegouwen, SNMCMG1 Commander

06/17/2015
2015-06-14By Murielle Delaporte After graduating from the Naval Academy in 1986, Commander Peter A.J. Bergen Henegouwen served for six years mainly on minesweepers and minehunters. This included a deployment for clearing sea mines in the Persian Gulf in 1991 as executive officer on HNLMS Haarlem. In 1996 Commander Bergen Henegouwen…