2015-05-31 By Robbin Laird and Murielle Delaporte During the visit to the Boeing V-22 Osprey factory at Boeing’s Philadelphia site, we had a chance to sit down with the Vice President of Boeing Tiltrotor Programs, Kristin Robertson. Prior to her current role, she was the Deputy Program Manager of the…
2015-06-01 By Robbin Laird Today, the Commander of the Air Combat Command spoke at an Air Force Association breakfast meeting and discussed the way ahead for the ACC and for airpower more generally. He argued that today’s fights were seeing demand outstripping the supply of capabilities and clearly this worries…
2015-05-28 By Richard Weitz Despite all the attention paid to China’s island-building campaign and newly acknowledged naval ambitions, perhaps the most interesting discussion in the latest China Military Power report released earlier this month was the discussion of China’s nuclear forces. Indeed, China is also the only legally recognized nuclear…
2015-05-30 At the Copenhagen Symposium on Air power held in April, the head of training for the Royal Dutch Air Force focused on training for Dutch pilots as they transitioned to an all fifth generation force. He also indicated that the bulk of their F-35s would be built in Italy.…
2015-05-30 defenceWeb The EU has taken a decision to create a naval force to disrupt human smugglers in the Mediterranean. The force, to be known as EUNavFor Med, will form part of a wider approach to saving lives at sea EU High Representative Federica Mogherini said after a joint meeting…
2015-05-20 By Robbin Laird Recently, I had the chance to talk with the current Deputy Chief of the Royal Australian Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal Gavin (Leo) Davies, who will take over as Chief of the Air Force this summer. His tenure comes at a crucial time in the evolution of…
2015-05-28 By Robbin Laird I visited the HMS Queen Elizabeth on March 31, 2015 and conducted interviews in MoD afterwards. The HMS Queen Elizabeth is a new carrier designed to leverage core 21st century technologies and to reshape the UK forces into a more effective power projection force. And the…
2015-05-28 By Robbin Laird In late March 2015, I had a chance to visit the new generation British carrier, the HMS Queen Elizabeth and passed by the rapidly emerging Prince of Wales as well. Then the next day after the visit, I sat down with Royal Navy and Royal Air…
