Crafting Effective C2/ISR in the Contested Battlespace: The Impact of the CNI System
In my article on “Standing C2 on its Head,” argued that C2 systems are no longer…
Read More »The V-22 and Indonesia: Initial Considerations
Earlier this month, the US government provided an announcement of Indonesian interest in and pursuit of…
Read More »FCAS Odyssey: July 2020
Paris – The unofficial estimated cost of the Future Combat Air System project could be €50-€80…
Read More »French Agency ONERA and the Future Combat Air Systems Project
Paris – Research on optical wireless communications and future enemy threats are among the studies ONERA…
Read More »Ensuring Reliability in the Era of Private Space Exploration
On January 27th, 1967, on the cusp of launching the United States to the forefront of…
Read More »Defending Australia’s North: The Case for Automated Airbases
There’s a constant in Australian defence: not enough people. In peacetime, the defence organisation’s difficulties with…
Read More »The ADF and Basing Options
I read with interest the recent Strategist posts by John Coyne and Graeme Dunk in which they apparently took different stands on…
Read More »The U.S. Space Force: Challenges and Opportunities
The birth date of the U.S. Space Force—Dec. 20, 2019—is a date that will go down…
Read More »Dealing with Chinese Economic Coercion: An Australian Response
Can Australia stop the Chinese government’s economic coercion against our government and businesses? Yes. All it…
Read More »The European Direct Defense Challenge: Nordic Perspectives
In an article published by a retired senior Swedish officer, Major General (Ret) Karlis Neretnieks, the…
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