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International Defence Review
*Interview: Wayne Perras, Project Officer, US Office of Naval Research
The US Navy's (USN's) universal gateway effort will improve the speed at which information is sent and received among ships, ensure that information is ...
12-Jan-2012
*Interview: David Furstenberg, Chairman of the Board, NovelSat
The growing demand for unmanned systems and the increasing amount of operations over long ranges have driven a rabid hunger for larger satellite communication ...
12-Dec-2011
*Interview: Vice Admiral Rinaldo Veri, Commander NATO HQ Allied Maritime Command, Naples
Colonel Moammar Ghadaffi's death on 20 October may have precipitated the end of NATO's mandate over Libya, but the concerns over weapons that may ...
02-Nov-2011
*Interview: Rear Admiral Nevin Carr, Chief of Naval Research, US Navy
Rear Admiral Nevin Carr has been at the helm of the US Navy's (USN's) Office of Naval Research (ONR) since 2009, responsible for all ...
07-Oct-2011
*Rear Admiral William Shannon: Program Executive Officer for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons
Rear Admiral William Shannon's remit covers the development and procurement of a wide range of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), from large combat aircraft to...
06-Sep-2011
*Interview: Roy Campbell, Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois
The US Air Force (USAF) recently provided funding to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Department of Computer Science to establish a University Center ...
27-Jul-2011
*Frank Schneider, Chair of European Robotics Group
ELROB, the European Land Robot Trial, was established following a 2004 NATO workshop on short-term realisable robots, when the participants concluded that they did ...
08-Jul-2011
*Interview: Alain Bovis, Head of DCNS Research
French shipbuilding, systems and services group DCNS amalgamated its various technical research capabilities under a single organisation in mid-May, headed up by Alain Bovis. ...
19-May-2011
*Dr Mark Maybury, Chief Scientist, US Air Force
Dr Mark Maybury is in charge of making sure the US Air Force (USAF) avoids "technological surprises" from potential adversaries. The USAF leadership has ...
03-May-2011
*Interview: Brigadier Mike Hickson, Director Royal Logistic Corps, British Army
Even without a war on, Afghanistan's terrain, environment and infrastructure ensure it is one of the most challenging areas of the world to run ...
07-Apr-2011
*Fabrizio Giulianini, Chief Executive Officer, Selex Galileo
Selex Galileo - formed in 2008 as a single transnational enterprise combining the activities of Selex Sensors & Airborne Systems and Galileo Avionica - ...
10-Mar-2011
*Interview: Dr Steven Walker, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology and Engineering, USAF
Dr Steven Walker, the US Air Force's (USAF's) top science and technology (S&T) policy official, is focused on strengthening ties between warfighters and the ...
10-Feb-2011
*Interview: Dr Robert Brammer, Vice-President for Advanced Technology and Chief Technology Officer, Northrop Grumman Information Systems
Despite several years of warnings about the potential for cyber-security breaches, the threat has not been taken seriously by the international defence community until ...
06-Jan-2011
*Interview: Pierre-Eric Pommellet, Senior Vice-President, Defence Mission Systems, Thales
Thales, with its transnational market presence, currently claims to be the world's second-biggest supplier of naval systems, sensors and services, and global market leader ...
30-Nov-2010
*Interview: Alain Hetet, Manager, Future Mine Countermeasures System and Advanced Studies, Direction Générale de l'Armement
Technology demonstration activities now under way in France are intended to lay the ground for a next-generation network-enabled mine countermeasures (MCM) capability that will ...
02-Nov-2010
*Interview: Brent Azzarelli, Chief Robotics Engineer, NAVSEA's Dahlgren Division
As recently as 10 years ago, unmanned systems operated with a narrow remit. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) largely occupied a reconnaissance and surveillance role ...
05-Oct-2010
*Interview: Dr Ronald Kessel, Programme Manager, Port Protection and Maritime Security, NATO Undersea Research Centre
NATO's Undersea Research Centre (NURC) is primarily responsible for research into the submarine battlespace, but it has also long been tasked with port protection. ...
07-Sep-2010
*Interview: Jim Blackburn, Project Officer for C-IED Policy, European Defence Agency
No one disputes that improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are now a permanent feature of present and future asymmetric warfare. Effectively dealing with these threats ...
05-Aug-2010
*Brigadier General Shmuel Yachin (Res) - Special Advisor for Land Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is working to tie together a concept that would create an interconnected neural network linking battlefield sensor systems directly to ...
09-Jul-2010
*Interview: Brigadier Richard Haldenby, Commander Royal Artillery
Exercise 'Flying Rhino' has become the UK's largest Forward Air Controller (FAC) and live artillery training event in Europe, with about 2,100 personnel, 600 ...
14-Jun-2010
*Interview: Haim Kellerman, executive vice-president & general manager, Elbit Systems - UAS
Israel is recognised as a pioneer in, and leading practitioner of, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations, having first identified the merits of remotely piloted ...
10-May-2010
*Interview: Brigadier General Alessandro Pera, head of NATO's Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence Programme Office
This is set to be a big year for NATO's Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence (ALTBMD) programme, which ties together allied sensors and ...
13-Apr-2010
*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
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