The V-280 Decision
This is how Textron announced on December 5, 2022, the U.S. Army decision to select the…
Read More »The U.S. Army’s FLRAA Decision and Its Impact
In the wake of the Army selecting Bell Textron’s V-280 Valor tiltrotor for the coveted Future Long-Range Assault…
Read More »European Defence Agency Report on Defence Spending: 2022
The European Defence Agency (EDA) has been collecting defence data on an annual basis since 2006,…
Read More »Vietnam Adds at Maritime Defence Component
The recent debate on The Strategist about whether Vietnam should have a maritime or continental geostrategic orientation has…
Read More »CVN-78 in North Atlantic Operating in Allied Integration and Interchangeability Operations
Military leaders and government officials from France, Germany, and the Netherlands visited the first-in-class aircraft carrier…
Read More »Silent Wolverine
Exercise Silent Wolverine is a U.S.-led, combined training exercise that tests Ford-class aircraft carrier capabilities through…
Read More »Russia and China at a Crossroad: Breaking Out of the LockUp
Is it possible that the superpowers are no longer able to hold themselves together? Is President…
Read More »Norwegian Weapons to Ukraine
The Ukrainian Crisis has left Ukraine short of credible weapon systems to fight the Russians. This…
Read More »The Geo-Politics of Natural Gas to Europe
It seemed like a good idea at the time. In January 2022, as Russian troops were…
Read More »Exercise Malabar 22
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) joined key regional partners India, Japan and the United States for…
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