By Pierre Tran Paris - The French arms procurement office has signed a contract worth €3.2 billion ($3.4 billion) for work on the technology demonstrator phase 1B of the European future combat air system with Airbus, Dassault Aviation, the Eumet engine joint venture, and Indra, the companies said Dec. 16…
The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) completes a replenishment at sea with USNS Medgar Evers, Nov. 2, 2022. 11.02.2022 Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan Seelbach NATO - Joint Force Command Norfolk
Pacific Ocean – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), while Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5 units concluded their participation in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force International Fleet Review (IFR) in Yokosuka and Sagami Wan, Nov. 6, 2022. 11.06.2022…
U.S. Navy Sailors with Expeditionary Medical Facility Alpha, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, simulate casualty care during exercise Keen Sword 23 on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 17, 2022. During Keen Sword 23, Naval Medical Forces Pacific exercised the inaugural employment of expeditionary hospitalization on the first island chain…
By Robbin Laird When it comes to crisis management and war termination, the United States faces a fundamental challenge: what are our strategic objectives and how do we achieve them in a world where so much is changing? I recently discussed this challenge with my colleague Dr. Paul Bracken of…
While we await the wrap up of Digital Horizons exercise going on currently with Task Force 59, if we look back to last year we can highlight the 11th MEU working with the MANTAS T12 maritime autonomous system. Marines assigned to the All Domain Reconnaissance Detachment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit…
By Robbin Laird As the Nordics work through how to best integrate their forces, a key element to consider is how to shape a basing structure involving the Nordics which will enable an enhanced Northern European and North Atlantic defense. When I visiting Norway in 2018, I witnessed one of…
In an article published by NAVAIR on December 6, 2022, the arrival of the powerful engine for the CH-53K and its first disassembly at Cherry Point, North Carolina was highlighted. Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) recently opened a new chapter in the depot’s engine program with its first disassembly of…
