F-35 Lightning II’s main contractor Lockheed Martin will be temporarily reducing its production volume from 23rd May. As a result, the company will fall short of its target of delivering… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin to Miss F-35 Production Goals as Pandemic Forces Schedule Adjustment"
Despite challenges imposed by the Coronavirus pandemic, the Naval Air Traffic Management Systems Program Office (PMA-213) started the installation of two precision approach and landing systems (PALS) on Italian Navy’s… Continue reading "Overcoming Coronavirus: US PMA-213 Remotely Assists Landing Systems Installation on Italian Carrier ITS Cavour"
Given my previous article on what the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) could learn from defense, and how it’s not just logistics manpower but logistical skills that can be… Continue reading "What Can Defense and Security Learn from the COVID-19 Pandemic?"
The spread of Coronavirus continues around the world and naval vessels have not been spared. In recent days grave news has come from around the world about crews being infected.… Continue reading "Coronavirus Hits the World’s Navies"
In late December 2019, tensions between the US and Iran escalated into a series of clashes between Shia militias and troops deployed in Iraq. With an attack on the US… Continue reading "US Airborne Troops Trapped in Kuwaiti Limbo"
Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly formally resigned on Tuesday, following massive uproar from lawmakers and the public after audio and a transcript of a 15 minute speech he… Continue reading "Acting Navy Secretary Modly Resigns Following Speech Row"
For several weeks Italy has been struggling with a huge rise in the number people infected by Coronavirus. With more than 9,000 dead (at the time of publications) and its… Continue reading "Russian Help to Italy Declared ‘Useless’"
On 11th March, European Command cancelled what was left of the Cold Response exercise, one of several exercises to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The Norwegian-based maneuvers started… Continue reading "Cold Response and Other Military Exercises Cancelled or Scaled Down due to Covid–19"
The Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), General Tod D. Wolters of the United States Air Force, tried to calm concerns over the COVID-19… Continue reading "NATO to “Modify” Exercise Defender Europe 20 Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak"
The Chinese state-owned Shenyang Aircraft Company (SAC), a subsidiary of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), announced on the 21st February that it would be resuming all production following… Continue reading "China Resumes J-15 Jet Production Following Halt Over Coronavirus Outbreak"