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Contributor: Christopher Dauer
Posted: 02/24/2012 12:00:00 AM EST | 0
The US Air Force’s increased emphasis on long-range strike (LRS) initiatives is concurrently driving the increase of those supporting technologies that enable LRS systems. One important supplier of those technologies is the Ogden Air Logistics Center (OO-ALC), which offers a significant set of capabilities that are in alignment with supporting a future Long Range Strike Bomber (LRSB). Read more
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Contributor: Christopher Dauer
Posted: 02/09/2012 12:00:00 AM EST | 0
The future of the Global Hawk program, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed and produced by Northrop Grumman and used by the United States Air Force and Navy as a surveillance aircraft, is uncertain in the wake of the Pentagon cancelling the Air Force Global Hawk Block 30 program. Read more
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Contributor: Christopher Dauer
Posted: 12/01/2011 12:00:00 AM EST | 0
The US is in the process of winding down from two significant international conflicts which have spanned most of this young century, while there are ongoing and possibility accelerating threats emerging in the Pacific. Read more
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Contributor: Defence IQ Press
Posted: 11/23/2011 12:00:00 AM EST | 0
What role is the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) currently playing in providing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) to ground troops in irregular warfare environments? How will this function evolve over time? That was the central theme I posed to Dr. Read more
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Contributor: IDGA Editorial Staff
Posted: 11/21/2011 12:00:00 AM EST | 1
Comments provided by BGen J.B. Bruce Ploughman, Chief of Staff, Canadian Expeditionary Force Command, Canada National Defence. Can you highlight some of the main uses of UAS in the Afghan theater – what did the Manley report highlight about Canada’s use of UAS in conflict? As could be expected, the UAS were in general terms used for both defensive (force protection) and offensive operations. Read more
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Contributor: Chris Archer
Posted: 10/20/2011 12:00:00 AM EDT | 0
Helicopters in the current combat operational environment continue to increase in capability. This interview highlights various C2 challenges for helicopters in battle based on lessons learned in theater. Read more
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Contributor: IDGA Editorial Staff
Posted: 08/31/2011 12:00:00 AM EDT | 2
The ten-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is a fitting occasion to take stock of aviation security. Although there have been no similar attacks, some people say enhanced security comes at too great a cost, with passenger screening requirements leading to inconvenient, intrusive, and sometimes even humiliating treatment of innocent people. Read more
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Contributor: Melanie DiAntonio
Posted: 08/11/2011 12:00:00 AM EDT | 0
Budgets across the board are growing tighter – especially within the Department of Defense. With this comes great scrutiny. Melanie DiAntonio, Chief ACC/AFS021, US Air Force, explains how the Air Force are being good ‘stewards’ of the taxpayer’s money. Read more
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Contributor: IDGA Editorial Staff
Posted: 06/09/2011 12:00:00 AM EDT | 0
In a famous scene from the 1967 movie The Graduate, a young Ben Braddock, played by Dustin Hoffman, is pulled aside by a family friend to hear the secret of future economic success. The friend whispers one word in his ear – “plastics” – and in subsequent years, the plastics field did take off. Read more
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Contributor: IDGA Editorial Staff
Posted: 03/09/2011 12:00:00 AM EST | 0
The Air Force announced on February 24th the award of a $3.5 billion engineering and manufacturing development contract for the KC-46A aerial refueler to Boeing Co. of Seattle, Washington. Read more
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Contributor: Charles Wood
Posted: 10/19/2010 12:00:00 AM EDT | 1
Boeing has stated that there are many reasons why an airworthy airplane under the control of a pilot crashes into terrain or man-made obstacle. I contend there is only one reason for CFIT: The pilots did not know where they were! Many advances have been made to improve pilot situational awareness (see solutions below), but I can see a further step that will provide to general, commercial and military aviation a much better solution to CFIT. Read more
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