2014-08-22 By Ed Timperlake and Robbin Laird A neglected aspect of the ISIS assault is in the domain of information warfare. IW is even more central to US capability than is cybersecurity. Yet IW remains in the fallow ground, while US and Western competitors hone their skills. Is ISIS winning…
2014-08-20 By Gulshan Luthra and Air Marshal VK Jimmy Bhatia New Delhi. India’s negotiations with French Dassault for the acquisition of 126 Rafale Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) “are progressing well” and the contract is likely “sooner than later in the current financial year 2014-15.” This was stated by…
2014-08-20 Earlier this year we published a Special Report on the modernization of Australian Air Power. The RAAF started by adding C-17s and then KC-30As, as there concern is range and sustainability both for the region their in and for global engagements. [caption id="attachment_62974" align="alignnone" width="300"] C-17 and KC-30A at…
08/20/2014: The French and the Marines have a special relationship forged in war. Marines with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, present Marines new to the unit with the French Fourragere during a ceremony at Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 19, 2014. The…
2014-08-20 By defenceWeb The Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding company has launched the first of three new C28A corvettes for Algeria, which will be delivered in mid-2015. The vessel was launched near Shanghai on August 16, according to Naval Recognition, and will be delivered in May next year. Algeria in March 2012 signed…
08/19/2014: U.S. Central Command provides an update on U.S. airstrikes on ISIL targets near Mosul, Iraq over the weekend Credit: DOD News:8/18/14
08/19/2014: The Navy's unmanned X-47B conducts flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The aircraft completed a series of tests demonstrating its ability to operate safely and seamlessly with manned aircraft. Credit: Navy Media Content Services:8/17/14 And from a piece published by our partner AUVSI: The…
08/18/2014: U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Terry G. Robling, Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC), relinquishes command to Lt. Gen. John A. Toolan Jr. during the MARFORPAC change of command ceremony, on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, August 15, 2014. Lt. General Toolan served as the I Marine…
