The RAAF has successfully demonstrated its ability to remotely control an unmanned aerial system (UAS) by piloting a Sky Ranger R70 quad-rotor UAS from a C-130J Hercules of 37SQN. Credit: Australian Department of Defence June 10, 2020
By Robbin Laird Earlier this year, in a visit with Vice Admiral Miller, the US Navy’s Air Boss, I was introduced to the coming of MISR, or the Maritime ISR Officer. MISR officers are trained as ISR subject matter experts to operate at the fleet or CSG level and to…
A Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 conducts bilateral interoperability training with U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing over the North Sea June 19, 2020. UNITED KINGDOM 06.19.2020 Video by Airman 1st Class Anthony Clingerman 48th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
A recent article published by NATO on July 29, 2020 highlights the growing focus of attention within NATO on maritime remote systems. Michael Brasseur is a naval warfare expert at the US Mission to NATO. This former captain of two warships who has sailed and served all over the world,…
By Robbin Laird The US Navy is in the throes of reworking its capability to prevail in the high-end fight while ensuring its ability to engage in full spectrum crisis management. There is no clearer proof of this judgment than the latest efforts at the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center…
Reconnaissance Marines assigned to the Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), refine various mission capabilities during their pre-deployment training program and deployment. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security…
The transit of a restored Mirage III from RAAF Amberley to RAAF Townsville is underway. The Mirage III or the French Lady was a single seat frontline fighter that flew between 1967 and 1987 for the RAAF. It flew at a speed of more than 2,000 kms per hour and…
By Robbin Laird In early February of this year, I attended the ceremony unveiling the Navy’s Osprey as the replacement for the C-2 for the logistics support mission. The Osprey seen in the ceremony was the second Osprey delivered to the Navy, as the first one had been delivered to…
