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06/14/2025
We have a growing experience with drone warfare and its impacts. The best way to understand their impact is how they have already re-shaped combined arms operations. Notably when combined with payload revolution and fifth generation warfare operations, as seen in the recent Israeli operation in Iran, drones are becoming a key part of the evolution of combined arms. Analysis of the Ukraine-Russia war, Houthi drone campaigns, and Israeli precision operations provides insights with regard…
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A Paradigm Shift in Shipbuilding

01/15/2025There is a shift in how the maritime warfighting force is evolving and with that significant elements for a paradigm shift in the maritime force. One aspect of… Read more »

The King Stallion at MCAS Yuma

01/14/2025The King Stallion as the latest major aviation addition to the USMC has come to MCAS Yuma in two major ways. VMX-1, the key Marine Corps operational test… Read more »

Our First Book for 2025: The Australian Defence Force: Meeting the Modernization Challenges

01/07/2025The Australian Defence Force: Meeting the Modernization Challenges examines the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) modernization efforts in light of evolving geopolitical realities, particularly concerning China. The book analyzes… Read more »

Return to NAWDC: An Update on the MISR Pilot Program

12/12/2024I last visited the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center in Fallon, Nevada during the pandemic in 2020 during the Rear Admiral Brophy’s time in command of NAWDC. During… Read more »

The Second Pillar of the Italian Approach to Airpower: The Cameri Approach

12/05/2024The first pillar of the Italian approach to airpower has been a clear commitment to the F-35 as a driver of change in shaping a fifth generation enabled… Read more »

The Third Pillar of the Italian Airpower Enterprise: The International Flight Training School

12/04/2024By Robbin Laird The Italian Air Force leadership saw early on that the F-35 was more than a next generation aircraft – it was a whole different way… Read more »

The Perspective of Admiral Verissimo on the Coming of the CMV-22B to the Atlantic Naval Air Force

12/03/2024I had the privilege of visiting Norfolk in the recent past and discussing the coming of the USS Gerald R. Ford with the first commander of Ford and… Read more »

The Italian Fifth-Generation Airpower Enterprise: An Update from Italian Air Force Chief of Staff Lt. General Luca Goretti

12/02/2024By Robbin Laird On 11 November 2024, I was in Rome and meeting with the Air Force Chief of Staff. Lt. General Luca Goretti. When I entered the… Read more »

The Commander of CSG-4 Discusses Operations, Innovation and Training

03/23/2024By Robbin Laird The U.S. faces a vastly different world than when it primarily focused on land wars post-9/11. Today it faces a multi-polar authoritarian world, with adversaries… Read more »