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An Update on the CH-53K, June 2021: Colonel Jack Perrin Provides an Overview

06/16/2021
By Robbin Laird The coming of the CH-53KTM to the USMC could not come at a more appropriate time. As the Marines are focused on mobile basing as a key aspect of how they contribute to crisis management, the capabilities of the new aircraft will be in immediate demand. It…

The FCAS Industrial Package: The Saga Continues

06/15/2021
By Pierre Tran Paris - France, Germany and Spain said last month they had reached agreement to launch a long awaited development phase for a European future combat air system, but it has emerged  there were still industrial and political issues to resolve. What has emerged is that the key…

Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem 21

06/14/2021
Advanced Acoustic Concepts ANGLER seabed and mine warfare kinetic effector is launched, utilized and recovered during an Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem 21 (UxS IBP 21) exercise. U.S. Pacific Fleet's UxS IBP 21 integrates manned and unmanned capabilities into challenging operational scenarios to generate war-fighting advantages. U.S. Navy video by…

BALTOPS 50: Part of the Mosaic of Re-Working North Atlantic Defense

06/11/2021
By Robbin Laird BALTOPS 50 was begun on the anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 2021. It was first held in 1972 and is an annual military exercise, held and sponsored by the Commander, US Naval Forces Europe and operates in the Baltic Sea and the regions surrounding it. One can…

IBP 21 Missile Launch

06/11/2021
Guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) launches a missile during U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) 21, April 25. UxS IBP 21 integrates manned and unmanned capabilities into challenging operational scenarios to generate warfighting advantages. U.S. Navy video by Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Clark Lappert

Next Generation Autonomous Systems: A Williams Foundation Special Report

06/09/2021
On April 8, 2021, the Williams Foundation held a seminar originally scheduled for last March. It was postponed as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. As Air Marshal (Retired) Geoff Brown, Chairman of the Williams Foundation put it in his prologue to the conference: "Since 2013 the Sir Richard Williams Foundation…

Unmanned Battle Problem Land-Launched UAV

06/09/2021
A Vanilla ultra endurance land-launched unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) participates in U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) 21 at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu. U.S. Pacific Fleet’s UxS IBP 21 integrates manned and unmanned capabilities into challenging operational scenarios to generate warfighting advantages. U.S. Navy video…