Skip to content
Defense.info
  • Key Developments
    • Air Power Dynamics
    • Global Dynamics
    • Maritime Dynamics
    • Multi-Domain Dynamics
    • Re-Shaping Defense & Security
    • Re-Thinking Strategy
    • Defense Decisions
  • Featured Defense Systems
    • C2
    • Disruptive Technologies
    • Fighters
    • Ground Combat Systems
      • Autonomous Ground Systems
    • Lift and Tanking Systems
      • A330MRTT
      • Airlifters
    • MARTAC Maritime Autonomous Systems
    • Maritime Patrol Systems
    • Missile Systems
    • Naval Ships
    • Rotor and Tiltrotor Systems
      • CH-53K
      • The Osprey
    • Training
    • Space Systems
    • Tron Warfare
    • Unmanned and Autonomous Systems
      • Maritime Unmanned Systems
      • Unmanned Air Systems
      • Autonomous Ground Systems
    • Weapon Systems
  • Book Review
  • About us
    • Who We Are
    • Global Partners
  • Key Developments
    • Air Power Dynamics
    • Global Dynamics
    • Maritime Dynamics
    • Multi-Domain Dynamics
    • Re-Shaping Defense & Security
    • Re-Thinking Strategy
    • Defense Decisions
  • Featured Defense Systems
    • C2
    • Disruptive Technologies
    • Fighters
    • Ground Combat Systems
      • Autonomous Ground Systems
    • Lift and Tanking Systems
      • A330MRTT
      • Airlifters
    • MARTAC Maritime Autonomous Systems
    • Maritime Patrol Systems
    • Missile Systems
    • Naval Ships
    • Rotor and Tiltrotor Systems
      • CH-53K
      • The Osprey
    • Training
    • Space Systems
    • Tron Warfare
    • Unmanned and Autonomous Systems
      • Maritime Unmanned Systems
      • Unmanned Air Systems
      • Autonomous Ground Systems
    • Weapon Systems
  • Book Review
  • About us
    • Who We Are
    • Global Partners

Newsletter Signup

In an effort to be in compliance with GDPR we are providing you with the latest documentation about how we collect, use, share and secure your information, we want to make you aware of our updated privacy policy here

Enter your name and email address below to receive our newsletter.
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

MENUMENU
Author: Robbin Laird
View All

French Naval Group Changes CEO’s: A Change of Direction?

02/03/2020
By Pierre Tran

Paris – The government has picked a senior Thales executive, Pierre-Eric Pommellet, as the next chairman…

Read More »

The Brutal Reality of Brexit Effects on the European Union: A German View

02/03/2020
By RT Deutsch

This speech delivered last March 21 by the co-leader of the AfD, the right wing party…

Read More »

Economic War: Trump vs. China and the Deep State – It’s About the Money

01/31/2020
By John E. Jaggers

Candidate Trump declared he would return America’s wealth to Americans. That promise drives the 2020 election.…

Read More »

Manned-Unmanned Teaming: Shaping Future Capabilities

01/31/2020
By Second Line of Defense

This report looks at the emergence of manned-unmanned teaming as an evolving capability for the integrated…

Read More »

The 5G Dynamic: The Security Challenge

01/31/2020
By Rachel Falk

The Australian government’s decision to ban ‘high-risk vendors’ from its 5G network build caused ripples not…

Read More »

The Australian Army Addresses the Future of its Combat Helicopter: What Follows the Aussie Tiger?

01/31/2020
By Malcom Davis

In 2011 the ADF took delivery of 22 Eurocopter ‘Aussie Tiger’ armed reconnaissance helicopters (ARH). Since…

Read More »

Taiwan Recommits to Its Democracy: The Re-Election of Tsai Ing-wen

01/30/2020
By Huong Le Thu and Mark Harrison

In Taiwan’s presidential and legislative elections on 11 January 2020, Tsai Ing-wen secured a second term as…

Read More »

Key Military Technology Trends: 2020 and Beyond

01/28/2020
By Graham Grose

In an industry where gaining advantage can be the difference between mission success and failure, standing…

Read More »

Finland and the Baltic States: Designing an Armored Wheeled Combat Vehicle in Common

01/28/2020
By Robbin Laird

There is often a strategic context for multi-national procurement decisions. And in the rebuilding of direct…

Read More »

South African Uses of Drones

01/28/2020
By defenceWeb

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have applications in multiple industries due to their…

Read More »

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts
Defense Bookshop
The Defense.info team provides high quality publications with regard to key global strategic developments. You can purchase these on a number of booksellers such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Previous Next
View All Books »
Latest Podcast
Podcast Logo
10/22/2026

--> The Next Generation of Airpower Is an Enterprise, Not a Platform

Your browser does not support the audio element.
View All Podcasts »
Defense Decisions
11/03/2026
By Robbin Laird

From Lead Nation to Contributing Node: If the Report Is Accurate, Europe’s Admirals Are Planning a North Atlantic With Less Royal Navy

If the report is accurate, the most important thing about a quiet meeting of European admirals in Paris this week is not who was in the room but whose ships…

Read More »
View All Defense Decisions »
Highlight of the Week
11/03/2026
By Robbin Laird

What Ukraine’s Organizational Innovation Teaches the Impact Force

When I Marine Expeditionary Force ran Steel Knight 2025, participants referred to the war in Ukraine again and again. But they did not treat it as a tactical template. The…

Read More »
View All Weekly Highlights »
Video of the Week
11/03/2026
By Kenneth Maxwell

Europe Erupts: The Portuguese Dimension

The Rossio Square in central Lisbon is one of the Portuguese capital’s great attractions. Rebuilt by the Marques de Pombal after the great Lisbon earthquake of 1755 it has in…

Read More »
View All Weekly Videos »
Interview of the Week
09/11/2026
By Robbin Laird

The Age of Urgency: Rear Adm. McCoy on Rebuilding the Navy’s Aviator Pipeline

Originally published in Breaking Defense, September 4, 2026 Rear Adm. Max “Pepper” McCoy, the Chief of Naval Air Training, describes the system he runs as a factory conveyor belt: the…

Read More »
View All Weekly Interviews »
Book Reviews

Before the Pivot: John Blaxland’s The Australian Army from Whitlam to Howard and the Long Road to Today’s Force

Review by Robbin Laird

A Bridge Between History and Transformation: Reviewing The United States Marines: A History (Fifth Edition)

Review by Robbin Laird

The Age of Chaos: Kill Web Warfare, Authoritarian Coercion, and the Democratic Advantage

Review by Defense Infromation Media Team
View All Book Reviews »
Op Eds: Danny’s Corner
10/17/2026

The Safety Valve: Why Local News Matters in an Age of Super-Intelligence

By Ed Timperlake
10/15/2026

Fight’s On: A Magic Eight Ball Takes On the SI Doomsayers

By Ed Timperlake
04/17/2026

Two Judges Riding Circuit in Rappahannock County Virginia Just Make a Huge Public Mistake

By Ed Timperlake
Read All Danny's Corner »
Partner's Corner
11/03/2026
By Defense.info

Telling the Adversary Just Enough: Ghost Shark and Deterrence by Disclosure

On 19 October, Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy revealed three capabilities of the Ghost Shark extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle: laying sea mines, launching Altius aerial drones, and carrying underwater supplies.…

Read More »
View All Partner's Corner »
Williams Foundation

Reflections on Fifth Generation and the Challenge of Understudying Airpower Transformation

By Robbin Laird

Lt. Col. Chip Berke, one of the first Marine pilots to fly the F-22, used to make a point about the iPhone. When Steve Jobs introduced it, he described it as three devices in one: a computer, a music player and a phone. Nobody

Read More »
View All »
  • SLDinfo.com
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
© 2026 Defense.info All rights reserved.