On September 28, 2022, the Sir Richard Williams Foundation held its latest seminar. The title of the seminar was “enhancing the lethality and survivability of the integrated force.” At the seminar, the three service chiefs as well as the head of defence design provided key contributions to framing answers to…
U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing arrived at the 32nd Tactical Air Base in Łask, Poland to deliver personnel and equipment for the F-22 deployment in support of NATO Air Shielding in the European Theater August 4, 2022. The NATO Shielding mission is a…
By Pierre Tran Paris - France will next year order 42 Rafale fighter jets, worth some €4 billion ($4 billion), and take delivery of 13 units, major line items in the draft 2023 defense budget which will total €43.9 billion, up €3 billion from this year’s arms spending. The government…
When I was last in Australia in March 2020, I was working on a report on the new Australian OPV program which was the initial effort to shape a continuous shipbuilding approach. That report can be found in Chapter Eight (“Building a New Offshore Patrol Vessel: A Case Study in…
U.S. Marine Corps F-35 Lightning Its assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 225, participate in RED FLAG-ALASKA 22-3, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 2, 2022. 08.02.2022 Video by Staff Sgt. Sadie Colbert 354th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
By Robbin Laird The ADF faces a double challenge. First, there is the transition from the away game land wars to preparing forces for higher intensity operations against global authoritarian powers. I have written several books which address how challenging this shift is for a whole generation of warriors and…
By Robbin Laird One of Brendan Sargeant’s legacy to me was introducing him to a young professor, Dr. Andrew Carr who works on defence issues and is well along in writing a book on the history of Australian defence. Given the enhanced focus on the direct defence of Australia being…
U.S. Marines with 2nd Landing Support Battalion (LSB), Combat Logistics Regiment (CLR) 27, and 2nd Transportation Battalion (TB), CLR-27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, load equipment onto rail cars at Morehead City, North Carolina, Aug. 15-16, 2022. 2nd LSB and 2nd TB conducted railhead operations from August 15 to August 22…
