Prof. Reimund Neugebauer, President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, and Dirk Hoke, CEO of Airbus Defence and Space, on the FCAS Expert Commission on the responsible use of technologies. What led you to set up an expert commission on the responsible use of technologies for the FCAS project? Dirk Hoke: The Future Combat…

Montreal, Canada April 14, 2020 CAE Healthcare today announced a new product suite engineered to provide hands-on foundational training to help physicians quickly learn to scan and assess coronavirus patients using point-of-care ultrasound at the bedside. The suite combines the best of three CAE hardware and software product platforms: CAE Blue…

2017-07-13 The ALIS or the Autonomic Logistics Information System is a key component of the F-35 fleet management appraoch. It allows for US and allied aircraft to fly to a global F-35 base and plug into the cloud to provide for support during operations. A challenge for the US and…

2015-03-09 Logistics and supply chain management reform is a key part of shaping effective 21st century military and security operations. A key element of such reforms has been building when and where possible into the supply chain sensors, which allow an ability to track the movement of parts, and where possible…

2013-04-08 Periodically, Second Line of Defense examines evolving business models for the aerospace and defense industries. This is especially important given global dynamics and fiscal stringencies in Europe and the United States. Recently, SLD’s Murielle Delaporte discussed the approach of Marshall Aerospace in an interview with senior leadership of the…

By the end of the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase, the F-35 will be capable of carrying almost every legacy weapon that is carried by an F-16. A subset of these weapons are designed to be loaded internally for stealth operation, and the superset can be loaded externally when…