Yearly Archive: 2020

Marine Corps Receives F-35C Fighters at Miramar Air Station

Marine Corps Receives F-35C Fighters at Miramar Air Station

MIRAMAR, Calif. –– Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 welcomed its most recent delivery of the F-35C Lightning II at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar May 18, 2020.

Earlier this year, the VMFA-314 Black Knights made history when they became the first F-35C squadron in the Marine Corps.

US Navy Squadron Inducts Final Production P-8A Aircraft

US Navy Squadron Inducts Final Production P-8A Aircraft

OAK HARBOR, WA. — The Patrol Squadron (VP) 40 Fighting Marlins successfully completed transition from the P-3C Orion to the P-8A Poseidon, the Navy’s newest maritime patrol aircraft, on May 14, 2020.

VP-40 began the P-8A platform transition in November 2019 following its return to Naval Air Sta…

Rand: Holistically Assessing the Future of Warfare

Rand: Holistically Assessing the Future of Warfare

Where will the next war occur? Who will fight in it? Why will it occur? How will it be fought? This brief summarizes a series of reports that sought to answer these questions—looking out from now until 2030. The reports took the approach of examining these questions through the lenses of several tre…
Serbia Test-Fires Upgraded Air-Defense System

Serbia Test-Fires Upgraded Air-Defense System

Today, the Minister of Defence, Aleksandar Vulin, attended the test firing of RLN-IC test missiles, which was carried out by members of the Military Technical Institute in the area of the “Pasuljanske livade” military complex.

The RLN-IC rocket is intended for the third phase of modernization of …

US Navy LCS Trains with Singapore Stealth Frigate

US Navy LCS Trains with Singapore Stealth Frigate

SOUTH CHINA SEA — The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) and the Republic of Singapore Navy Formidable-class multi-role stealth frigate RSS Steadfast (FFS 70) conducted a bilateral exercise in the South China Sea, May 24-25.

The events were an opportunity …

China Completes Giant Transonic Wind Tunnel

China Completes Giant Transonic Wind Tunnel

Under development for more than eight years, China’s latest, world-leading wind tunnel is now ready to help develop new warplanes after reaching a milestone on Tuesday by successfully testing and receiving data for an in-development aircraft. With its help, China will be able to develop new warplane…
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