Project LAND 400 Phase 2 will acquire 225 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRV) to replace the Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV). The Phase 2 fleet will include seven variants. On 28 July 2016, Defence announced that BAE Systems Australia and Rheinmetall had been shortlisted to participate in the Risk Mitigation Activity,…
By Robbin Laird (Updated) With the all the focus on the Russian intervention in the last US presidential elections, it is useful to take a broader view of the challenge focused by the new technologies and approaches. During my recent visit to Helsinki, a visit the European Centre of Excellence…
The Second Line of Defense team has been in Australia for the past two weeks conducting interviews and will provide highlights from the Airpower Conference being held this week in Canberra as well as updates and a final report for the Williams Foundation Conference on the shift from the land…
03/18/18: Footage of a B-2 Spirit Stealth bomber during takeoff. This aircraft is assigned to Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. Video by Staff Sgt. Jonathan A Guzman Air Force Content Management
We have written for years about the impact of the decline of the icebreaker force in the USCG on US Arctic policy. We referred to the US as the "reluctant Arctic power." In our interview with the USCG Commandant Admiral Paul Zukunft we focused on the need to shift policy…
03/15/18:Footage of a B-52 Stratofortress being refueled. This aircraft is assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. 06.09.2016 Video by Staff Sgt. Jonathan A Guzman Air Force Content Management
EAST CHINA SEA 03.05.2018 Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Levingston M Lewis Commander, Amphibious Force 7th Fleet An F-35B lands on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) as part of a routine patrol in the Indo-Pacific region. Pilots with the "Green Knights" of Marine…
Footage of B-52 Stratofortress during flight operations.The B-52 is assigned to Barksdale AFB, LA. 08.10.2017 Video by Staff Sgt. Jonathan A Guzman Air Force Content Management