The Coming of Triton: Perspective from RAAF Edinburgh
During a visit to Australia in March 2017, I had a chance to visit South Australia…
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The US Navy will be deploying its first operational Triton’s later this year to the Pacific.…
Read More »MAWTS-1 Works the Unmanned Systems Challenge
There is probably no single air platform more affected by the transition from the strategic shift…
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During a visit to 2nd Marine Air Wing in May 2015, we had a chance to…
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For the USMC, the use of 21st century unmanned systems involves two strands of development involving…
Read More »The Marines, Reapers and MUX: Working a Way Ahead for UASs in the MAGTF
The Marines are shaping a way ahead with regard to larger UASs, class IV and V,…
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During my visit to Australia in March 2017, I had a chance to discuss the way ahead for the KC-30A with the two senior operators involved with the program and its evolving capability. We met at Amberley Airbase where the KC-30As and C-17s are based. Air Commodore Richard Lennon is the head of the Air Mobility Group and with Group Captain Adam Williams, the officer commanding 86th Wing as well as the CO of the 33rd Squadron (KC-30A). Last year, I published an interview with the head of the tanker program at Airbus. And in that piece underscored that having digested the operational fundamentals with the tanker, the tanker program was now moving on to the next phase, which I have called Tanker 2.0. The baseline tanker is...