The FCAS Dynamic: An Italian Perspective
The end of the FCAS (Future Combat Air System) program (in terms of no joint fighter) …
Read More »The Malacca Chessboard: And Shaping a Way Ahead for Deterrence
When Washington and Jakarta unveiled a new “Major Defense Cooperation Partnership” in mid‑April 2026, the language…
Read More »Balancing Performance and Cognitive Dependence: The AI Learning Challenge
Article Summary: The article is clear-eyed about the risks. Conversational AI creates automation bias (the tendency…
Read More »Canada Joins the Allied Training Revolution: ITPS’s M-346 Selection and the Spread of the IFTS Paradigm
On May 26, 2026, Leonardo announced that ITPS Canada had contracted for six M-346 T Block…
Read More »Camel Train and the Australian Way of War: Building a Robotic Logistics Fleet for the North
Wing Commander Keirin Joyce CSC is one of the Royal Australian Air Force’s foremost architects of…
Read More »What Operation Epic Fury Revealed About Air and Missile Defense
Somewhere over Kuwait during the dense barrage phase of Operation Epic Fury, Kuwaiti air defense operators…
Read More »Three Webs at Malacca: From Architecture to Operational Reality
The emerging U.S. posture at the Strait of Malacca represents more than incremental security cooperation or…
Read More »Beyond the Nacelle: The V-22’s Broader Modernization Path
The V-22 Osprey has been central to Marine Corps assault-support thinking for more than two decades.…
Read More »The Pope, AI, and the Surveillance State
Thirteen years ago, having been present at the dawn of the “surveillance state,” I asked a…
Read More »Training as the Key Proving Ground for AI Enablement
Article Summary: The article’s most original contribution is its focus on operational preparation rather than operations…
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