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*Interview: Alan Nicholl, Director Weapons, UK Defence Equipment & Support
Just over 18 months after kicking off Assessment Phase activities for six guided weapon programmes under the umbrella of Team Complex Weapons (CW), the ...
22-Feb-2010
*Interview: Ed Strongman, Airbus Military chief test pilot
With its long-awaited first flight already under its belt and a second aircraft set to join the schedule imminently, the Airbus Military A400M test ...
11-Feb-2010
*Interview: JoAnne Puglisi, Director, F-35 Training and Support, Lockheed Martin
Alongside its role as the F-35 manufacturer, Lockheed Martin is also the lead contractor and integrator for the aircraft's simulators, training devices, classrooms and ...
14-Jan-2010
*Mark Covey, Director, Systems Integration Modelling and Simulation, JTCOIC
The Joint Training Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Operations Integration Center (JTCOIC) was established in September 2007 by the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) ...
17-Dec-2009
*Interview: Simon Knight, Naval Design Partnering Team Leader
Having previously occupied the position of platform director for the UK's Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier programme, where he was instrumental in guiding the project ...
10-Nov-2009
*Interview: Brigadier General Lee Price, Deputy programme manager for FCS network integration
The US Army cancelled its Future Combat Systems (FCS) programme earlier this year, but major elements, such as the network, will continue as service ...
01-Oct-2009
*Interview: Air Commodore Michael Jenkins, Air Commodore Operations, Headquarters (UK) Air Command
A former Harrier pilot, Air Commodore Michael Jenkins served as the Director of the Air Coordination Element within HQ International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) ...
07-Sep-2009
*Interview: Jim Riley, Vice-President for Land Combat Systems, Raytheon Missile Systems
Echoing the thoughts of US Secretary for Defense Robert Gates that collateral damage in Afghanistan now poses one of the US military's greatest strategic...
12-Aug-2009
*Interview: David Hemming, Prodrive head of engineering
UK-based motorsport specialist Prodrive attended the Defence Vehicle Dynamics (DVD) exhibition in late June, looking to parlay its motorsport skills into increased work in ...
09-Jul-2009
*Interview: Wing Commander Simon Edwards, Officer Commanding 99 Squadron, RAF Brize Norton
Having achieved 50,000 flying hours faster than any other user of the type (aircraft for aircraft), the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) is getting ...
01-Jun-2009
*Interview: James St Ville, Chairman, Armor Designs
T he designs of the various US mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles have been hindered by the way that the original requirements are written, according ...
11-May-2009
*Interview: Brendan Hyland, Chief Executive Officer, Wireless Fibre Systems
On the face of it, the use of radio waves to transmit data through water appears to fly in the face of schoolboy physics. ...
06-Apr-2009
*Interview: Colonel John Lipinski, USAF, Commander, 615th Contingency Response Wing
In early 2005 the US Air Force (USAF) created two Contingency Response Wings (CRWs) for the operation of rapidly deployable cross-functional teams in an ...
04-Mar-2009
*Interview: Colonel David Rice, US Army project manager for precision fires, rockets and missiles systems
US Army officials are moving away from traditional cluster munitions and beginning a new effort to create a warhead that has similar effects but ...
05-Feb-2009
*Interview: Erez Peled, Chief Executive Officer of G-NIUS
Operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have seen a rapid proliferation in the use of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). More importantly, they have seen an ...
12-Jan-2009
*Interview: Commander Peter Reesink, Captain of HrMs De Ruyter
A surge in high-profile pirate attacks off the Horn of Africa, including the capture of MV Faina laden with a weapons shipment for southern ...
15-Dec-2008
*Interview: Captain Robert Dishman, Program Manager, PMA-262, US Naval Air Systems Command
Almost half a century after the US Navy (USN) retired its last airships from active duty, the service is ready to take a fresh ...
30-Oct-2008
*Interview: John Harris, General Manager, Marshall Systems Design Group
This year, the UK's Grand Challenge unmanned vehicle trials called for a co-operative, combined approach of unmanned aerial and ground vehicles (UAVs, UGVs) to ...
02-Oct-2008
*Interview: Colonel Peter Petronzio, US Marine Corps Commander, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit
After several years of near-exclusive operational focus on Iraq's Anbar province, the US Marine Corps (USMC) returned to Afghanistan in the first quarter of ...
09-Sep-2008
*Interview: Major General Eddy Testelmans, Belgian Land Component Commander
People talk about role specialisation and trying to avoid duplication of effort and equipment," Major General Eddy Testelmans tells Jane's. "Well, I consider that ...
08-Aug-2008
*Interview: Kirby Brown, Deputy to the Commanding General and Director of Capabilities Development & Integration Directorate, Fires Center of Excellence
Kirby Brown's recently created position at Fort Sill places him in a key materiel planning role during the unfolding consolidation of both the Field Artillery...
07-Jul-2008
*Interview: Colonel Doug Hayner (rtd), Senior Manager for Strategic Growth, Air Warfare Systems, Raytheon Missile Systems
Doug Hayner is a 26-year US Air Force (USAF) veteran with a combat career as a B-52 pilot. He flew 26 missions during Operation 'Desert...
04-Jun-2008
*Interview: Dag Wilhelmsen, general manager of NATO's Consultation, Command and Control Agency
Currently leading the effort to integrate national theatre missile defence (TMD) systems, the NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A) may find a bigger ...
08-May-2008
*Interview: Dr Vic Ricci, Director of Science and Technology, Sensors and Sonar Systems, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport Division
Over the last six years, the US Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Newport Division has led an Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrator (ACTD) designed to demonstrate...
09-Apr-2008
*Interview: Dennis Bauman, Joint Program Executive Officer for the Joint Tactical Radio System
The Joint Program Executive Office (JPEO) for the US Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) was established in February 2005 with full directive authority for ...
11-Mar-2008
*Interview: Dr Alexander Kott, RAID programme manager, DARPA
Military forces around the world have long sought to add a scientific element to the observation and prediction of enemy movements. Accíording to Dr ...
11-Feb-2008
*Interview: Sir John Chisholm, Chairman, QinetiQ
Rapidly changing world events and the accelerating pace of technological change demand a new paradigm for the procurement and through-life management of defence equipment, ...
16-Jan-2008
*Interview: Simon Jewell, BAE Systems Strategic Business Development Director
Simon Jewell is responsible for all of BAE Systems' centrally funded research and technology. He also currently serves as chairman of the Systems Engineering ...
12-Dec-2007
*Interview: Dr Jean Botti, EADS Chief Technical Officer
As long as there is a drop of oil on earth, it will be used for transportation," Dr Jean Botti tells Jane's, "because it ...
13-Nov-2007
*Isaac Ben-Israel, chairman of the Israel Space Agency and Knesset member
The number of unmanned aerial -vehicles (UAVs) in the Israel Air Force will outnumber manned aircraft within 20 years, according to the chairman of ...
05-Oct-2007
*Dr Thomas Killion, US Army Chief Scientist, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
Land vehicles no longer lag behind ships and aircraft in terms of their cost and complexity, according to US Army chief scientist Thomas Killion. ...
13-Sep-2007
*Dr Thomas Killion - US Army Chief Scientist, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
Land vehicles no longer lag behind ships and aircraft in terms of their cost and complexity, according to US Army chief scientist Thomas Killion. ...
10-Sep-2007
*Iain Watson - Technical Director, Thales UK
The UK forces' experience of lengthy procurement programmes and operational deployments around the world over the last five years has fed a burgeoning supply ...
08-Aug-2007
Colonel Dominique Luzeaux - Director, Centre for Information Systems at the Delegation Generale pour l'Armement
A co-author of a treatise on nanotechnology - 'A la conquête du Nanomonde' ('Conquering the Nanoworld') - Colonel Dominique Luzeaux is a strong proponent ...
06-Jul-2007
*Dr Mark Lewis - Chief Scientist, US Air Force
Dr Mark Lewis spends a lot of time shooting down bad ideas and discovering some good ones too for the US Air Force (USAF). ...
12-Jun-2007
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