2013-05-15 By Brett Davis The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) made its debut aircraft carrier launch from USS George H.W. Bush on 14 May, bringing unmanned carrier aviation a big step closer to reality. The carrier, CVN 77, was off the coast of Virginia for the long-awaited launch. “Today…
05/15/2013: Paratroopers with 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division train with 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment in Joint Operational Access Exercise Feb. 28, 2013. Credit:2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs 2/28/13
05/15/2013: UAS Plt, B co, 1 BSTB, doing pre-checks, catching and launching the unmanned aerial vehicle shadow. The Shadow is used by both the USMC and the US Army. Credit:129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment:5/2/13
2013-05-15 By Robbin Laird A French White paper is a combination campaign document, Presidential statement, prologue to shaping budgets, and a stab at a tour de horizon view of the strategic environment a la française. It is decidedly not a detailed look at the future and the way ahead. It…
05/14/2013: The USS Arlington was dockside in Norfolk where it participated in the Bold Alligator 2013 exercise. It was a synthetic exercise so it was one of several ships which participated in this manner. This slideshow was shot on May 1, 2013 during a series of interviews with participants in…
First demonstrated in Bold Alligator 2012, the Osprey can land and operate off of a T-AKE supply ship. Now this capability has been demonstrated in the Pacific. U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey pilots conducted the first external lift of a Humvee from the USNS Sacagawea April 11 during exercise Freedom…
2013-05-14 By Robbin Laird When I last visited the USS Arlington it was for its christening. I visited the ship with my colleague Ed Timperlake and we were able to participate in the ceremony honoring those who died on 9/11 at the Pentagon. I was at the Pentagon on that…
05/14/2013: MV-22B Ospreys assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 Reinforced, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct touch and go and aerial refueling exercises in the Fifth Fleet area of operations, April 26, 2013. The 26th MEU was deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations aboard Kearsage Amphibious…
