07/03/2011: During the Paris Air Show, MBDA provided a venue for a presentation by RAF Tornado pilots on their operations in the Libyan theater. Two RAF pilots presented findings on the Tornado and use of precision weapons in the Libyan case. Both were from 9 Squadron: RAF Marham. The first…
07/03/2011 The Arctic is a key strategic area, and fundamental to the energy and resource foundation for 21st century growth. And the US is lacking core capabilities to operate in the region, but we will hold off investing in core capabilities. What seems to be missing is the Pentagon study,…
07/02/2011: During the Paris Air Show, Second Line of Defense talked with Experimental Test Pilot Hervé Jammayrac of Eurocopter. Jammayrac provided an update on the aircraft and the test program. In many ways, the new helicopter was a star at the airshow, bereft of many new flying aircraft. The X…
07/01/2011: KODIAK, Alaska - The crew of a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Kodiak locate the 60-foot vessel Nordic Mistress as it sinks beneath the waves of the Gulf of Alaska and the five-member crew of the vessel in a liferaft 80 miles north of Kodiak May…
Eliminate the Mesothelioma Survival Rate Mystery and Learn What You Can Do to Beat this Disease. Fight Back Against Peritoneal Mesothelioma with the Comprehensive Facts and Figures that Make Treatment a Reality. 07/01/2011 - To all of our readers, and especially to active, reserve, and retired military personnel affected…
06/30/2011 The Pentagon is presently under-going the “mother of all budget drills” in order to find $400B over the next twelve years. We hope the cuts will be based on a long-term strategic review of our national interests and what we want our military to do in the years ahead. …
06/29/2011 - While attending the Paris air show in June, Second Line of Defense sat down with a senior Eurofighter executive to discuss Eurofighter in the Indian fighter competition. A special focus of our efforts has been upon the intersection between the future evolution of the Eurofighter and the Indian…
News Brief By Kirsten Ashbaugh 06/27/2011 - Russia has signed a long-expected agreement with France to buy two Mistral-class warships in a US$1.7 billion (€1.2 billion) contract. Anatoly Isaikin, director of the state-controlled arms exporter Rosoboronexport, and Patrick Boissier, president and CEO of the shipbuilder DCNS that will construct the…
