2015-02-26 We wrote earlier about the evolving operational map of Europe or what might more correctly referred to as the evolving Euro-Med security zone. The Euro crisis is defining the end of a period of history. The era since 1991 has been defined by the expansion of Europe, the consolidation…
2015-02-18 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake In a meeting in the United Kingdom in November 2014 with one of the RAF officers responsible for the introduction of the F-35 into the UK forces, Group Captain Paul Godfrey highlighted the behind the scenes work to roll out an F-35 fleet,…
2015-02-25 By Robbin Laird The F-35 has entered aviation history at a juncture where information dominance is clearly recognized as the pivotal discriminator in 21st century air enabled defense operations. For the F-35, the cockpit design coupled with the breakthrough pilot helmet synergistically operating with the cockpit is a foundational…
2015-02-18 By Ed Timperlake “You know that stealth may be over-rated,” Admiral Greenert, the Chief of Naval Operations, recently noted during a speech at the Office of Naval Research Naval Future Force Science and Technology Expo, Washington D.C. “I don’t want to necessarily say that it’s over but let’s face…
2015-02-22 The distributed aperture system or DAS is a key set of sensors on the F-35 which provides data for the fused cockpit system and the helmet display. In an interview which we did at Pax River with a USMC test pilot in the spring of 2010, it was clear…
2015-02-24 Earlier, we highlighted the coming of Plan Jericho to the Australian defense forces. As Air Marshal Brown noted on May 29, 2014: I intend to release Plan Jericho, the RAAF transformation plan, in early 2015. It will guide our force transformation, enabled by our new 5th Gen capabilities, over the…
2015-02-10 By Robbin Laird I first met Captain Hall at the christening ceremony for the USS America in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on October 20, 2012. A lot has happened since then with the ship, and its arriving combat capabilities. The ship moved out of the yard last year and began a…
2015-02-22 According to an Australian Ministry of Defence story published on February 22, 2015, the Global Hawk has landed in Australia for the Avalon Air Show. A United States (US) Global Hawk flew into Avalon airport on 21 February, 2015 for the Australian International Airshow. The arrival of the US…
