2014-02-23 by Robbin Laird No platform fights alone. Technology is increasingly playing a forcing function for significantly greater integration among combat elements in shaping core combat capabilities. The digital enablement of key combat platforms – missile defense, combat air, unmanned systems, ground force connectivity via data links – is providing…
02/23/2014: Final F-22 Sorties at Holloman AFB by Senior Airman Colin Cates 49th Wing Public Affairs 1/10/2014 - HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M Off they go into the wild blue yonder, climbing high into the sun, the first five F-22 Raptors left Holloman for Tyndall Air Force Base Fla., Jan. 6, as…
2014-02-19 Prologue by Ed Timperlake, US Naval Academy, Class 1969 Captain Schweitzer, actually the Mission Commander, not co-pilot, of an ill-fated mission provides a seminal discussion of the challenges and the approach to recovery from a horrible tragedy in Italy in 1998. He narrates his experience, with brutal honesty at the Naval Academy…
2014-02-19 Brazil, Iraq, Egypt and 60 Minutes may seem an odd mix and match of players but they do have one thing in common: US air combat exports are missing in action. With regard to Brazil, the F-18 was well positioned to become the next generation of Brazil air combat…
2014-02-17 The Australian company, CEA Technologies, has developed an innovative radar for the ANZAC class of frigates which provides significant detection capability throughout its operations and in heavy sea states as well. It is Australia’s largest majority owned Defence Company. http://www.cea.com.au/!Global/Directory.php?Location=Home:Home CEA works with Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems and NGES…
2014-02-17 by defenceWeb Egypt is close to finalizing a $3 billion agreement for Russian arms financed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates following a meeting between Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders met in Moscow on February 13. Shortly afterwards,…
2014-02-02 By Ed Timperlake and Robbin Laird When President Obama announced a “Pivot to the Pacific,” the focus was really upon the United States and what it was going to do in the period ahead. But the US is simply part of a very dynamic and fluid defense and security…
2014-02-16 By Ed Timperlake In trying to make sense of the situation in the Pacific and to shape a 21st century strategy, American civilian leadership must look at the military technology modernization rate of the PLA and then try and understand what PRC "neighbors" are doing. In poker terms can…
