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F-35 and Collaborative Cost Savings: The Norwegian Case

12/02/2016
2016-12-02 The F-35 global enterprise provides an opportunity for leveraging collaborative efforts to shape more effective capabilities at a more effective cost point. According to a post by Endre Lundeon December 1, 2016 from the Norwegian Ministry of Defence: How international cooperation saved us NOK 96 million in 2016. The F-35…

The Canadian Government, Defense Procurement, and Software: Out of Phase with Western Defense Development and Modernization?

12/02/2016
2016-11-29 By Danny Lam The Liberal regime needs to be cognizant that Canada will always be a modest sized customer in the world arms market. As such, unique and irregular Canadian requirements and unorthodox procurement processes will sharply inflate cost and create long term issues of sustainability. Kludgey Canadian equipment…

Australia Sends the HMAS Arunta to Operation Manitou

12/02/2016
12/02/2016: HMAS Arunta and her ship’s company of 191 departed HMAS Stirling naval base at Rockingham, Western Australia for Operation MANITOU in the Middle East Region. This is Arunta’s 3rd deployment to the area and the first time a ship will be deployed for nine months. HMAS Arunta and her ship’s…

Creating Terror-Free Zones: How a Citizen Organization is Helping in the Philippines

12/02/2016
2016-11-28 By Albert  Santoli, President, Asia America Initiative The Philippine archipelago of 7,000 islands and water passages of trade, defense and communications form a strategic crossroad vital to the security to the entire Pacific Region and the West Coast of the United States. The strategic relationship between the United States and the…

P-8 Arrival Ceremony at RAAF Base Edinburgh

12/01/2016
12/01/2016: The Royal Australian Air Force’s first P-8A Poseidon has arrived to its new home at RAAF Base Edinburgh. Number 92 Wing will operate Australia’s newest maritime surveillance aircraft, which will support a full range of tasks, including anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare, maritime and overland intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, electronic…