Air University Mission
06/04/2018
An overview on the Air University and its mission. MONTGOMERY, AL, UNITED STATES 05.11.2018 Video by Senior Airman Robert Dantzler and Thomas Meneguin Maxwell Public Affairs
The Naval Strike Missile for Cross Domain Fires
06/03/2018
The recent decision by the US Navy to procure the Naval Strike Missile clearly opens up greater opportunities for the Raytheon-Kongsberg team. In this excerpt from a video published by Navy Recognition from the Surface Warfare Symposium 2018, Raytheon and Kongsberg discuss one of those opportunities, namely supporting the US…
The Allied Dimension in Play: The US Navy Selects the Naval Strike Missile
06/03/2018
By Robbin Laird Last week, the Pentagon announced that Raytheon has won a $14.8 million contract to purchase the Naval Strike Missile for the Littoral Combat Ship and to put it in line to do the same for the new class of frigates which the US Navy is postured to…
From Sea Ceptor to Land Ceptor: The UK Trials Its New Air Defence Missile
06/02/2018
MBDA is building a new generation of missile defense capabilities, built in part around a common missile. Recently, the UK MoD announced the arrival of the Sea Ceptor for its frigates. he Sea Ceptor is a sea-based supersonic missile defence system developed by MBDA for the UK’s Royal Navy. The…
UK Defense, European Defense and Brexit: Note 3
06/01/2018
The defense industrial side of Brexit is clearly tied up with the general dynamics of whatever trade and circulation of skills and labor generally agreed to between the UK and the European Union. But defense is an area where exceptions in regulations are often the rule; but they clearly are…
USS America and 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Return Home 2018
06/01/2018
The Marines and Sailors of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and America Amphibious Ready Group return home after completing a seven-month deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific, Horn of Africa, Middle East and Mediterranean, this is their deployment video. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Hannah Perkins) PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 2, 2018)…
UK Frigate Type 31: Leveraging the Danish Frigate
06/01/2018
We would like to thank Rear Admiral Nils Wang for bringing the development of the Arrowhead 140 design for the UK Type 31e frigate to our attention. We have looked at the Danish frigate in the past and have underscored our sense that the Danes had come up with a…
The USMC Shapes a Way Ahead: The Perspective of the Commanding Officer of MAWTS-1
06/01/2018
By Robbin Laird MAWTS-1 plays a unique role within the USMC and in the joint force. In our book on the reshaping of Pacific strategy and the role of new technologies and concepts of operations, we highlighted the role of the warfighting centers in the development and evolution of US…