By Pierre Tran Paris - There have been few national orders for French military aircraft and space systems since the start of the year, following a drop of a third in domestic defense aerospace orders last year from 2023, Guillaume Faury, chair of Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales…
Service members assigned to U.S. Forces Japan work together with Japan Self-Defense Forces to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific region. JAPAN 01.17.2025 Video by Matthew Hilborn Defense.gov
By Robbin Laird During my latest visit to 2nd Marine Wing, I had a chance to talk with Major General Swan, Commanding General of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW), on 29 April 2025. He offered insights into how the wing is navigating modernization while maintaining readiness for global…
The F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force executed a developmental test program aboard the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force multifunctional destroyer JS Kaga during sea trials in the eastern Pacific Ocean. PACIFIC OCEAN 01.17.2025 Video by Matthew Hilborn Defense.gov
By Robbin Laird V-22 modernization efforts are essential to enable the Osprey to remain in service for the next thirty years. One important ongoing effort is the Nacelle Improvement Program. In an earlier interview with David Albin, the Nacelle Readiness Program Manager at Bell, we discussed the key aspects of…
U.S. Airmen with the 61st Airlift Squadron, out of Little Rock Air Force Base, perform a combat offload method C to remove training pallets out of a C-130J Hercules aircraft, while attending the Advanced Tactics Airlift Course, at the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, April 19,…
By Robbin Laird At the recent Navy League meetings held during the first week of April, I had a chance to talk with several companies and analysts about the evolution of maritime capabilities and what the U.S. and allies could do to ramp up the capabilities of the “fight tonight…
By Robbin Laird We have been publishing for several years. This is our 16th year of publication. We started as a single Franco-American website, and now we have three, two in the United States and one in France. A magazine which has been published for many years and is a…
