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Defence IQ had the opportunity to discuss a critical component of the AFRICOM (US Africa Command) mission with USAF Major Andrei Mitran - and that component is air mobility. Major Mitran is Chief of the Air Refueling Control Team within the 617th Air Operations Command and he
Major General Lee Baxter retired from active military service with the US Army in 2000 and joined JB Management Inc. in 2005 as the Chief Operating Officer. He has founded Signal Mountain Associates, is a senior advisor and consultant to technology firm Smiths Detection and is also the
In this technical discussion of the German Army's IdZ body armour system, Armoured (Panzergrenadier) Captain André Lehmann opens up about his experiences with wearing this new system in operations in Afghanistan. From mobility to adaptibility, this interview goes
This interview serves up some probing commentary from Mr Douglas Barrie of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, based here in London. Mr Barrie works within the Defence and Military Analysis Programme at IISS – and is the Senior Fellow for Military Aerospace. He
This interview features commentary from RAF Group Captain (Retired) Chris Granville-White, CBE, who chaired the 8th Annual UCAV Conference in London. Here he discusses the political and legal landscape impacting UCAV development and application, as well as Taranis and Neuron
Commodore RS Vasan (retired) has 34 years of experience in the Indian Navy, with a significant portion of that being in command positions. He is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College and the College of Naval Warfare. He currently serves as Head of Strategy and Security
In our discussion of underwater battlespace technologies, we are joined by Phillippe Cornez, director of the NATO Naval Mine Warfare Centre of Excellence. This relatively new division focuses on several missions - training and education in mine warfare, as well as advising on NATO
As we follow Royal New Zealand Air Force operations in Antarctica, we chat with Wing Commander Carol Abraham, Headquarters Joint Forces NZ, New Zealand Defence Force. Antarctic operations are a taxing but fundamental component of her logistics workload - and must be juggled
NATO ISAF radio personality David Bailey speaks with LCDR Morgan Murphy of the US Navy about ISAF's use of Twitter and Facebook. The comparison between private sector and military uses of social media seems to show that, in some cases, the military is ahead of the curve. Press
In this episode of 'Social Media and the Military', David Bailey reflects on the prospects that social media have created in post conflict zones. There remains the question that, if social media tools had been available in the late 1990's and early 2000's, these
This unique interview features lively discussion with Royal New Zealand Air Force Squadron Leader Andy Scott, who is the Flight Commander of Hercules Operational Flight, 40 Squadron, based in Auckland, New Zealand. He is an experienced C-130 Hercules pilot and
In this latest interview, we speak with Pablo Quesada, the Head of Market Development for Airbus Military, and specifically the A330. Pablo deals directly with the MRTT programme - multi role tanker transport - and highlights its capability in regards to airborne refuelling. The
Cesare Balducci is the Deputy Director of the NATO Standardisation Agency and, in this interview, he touches on the challenges of maintaining interoperability among component air forces. NATO operations span from small scale exercises to large scale combat operations. NATO standards set
This interview with General Stanley McChrystal, US Army (retired), examines the textbook doctrines of traditional warfare. Network centric operations are a specific aspect of modern warfare that defines how we counter insurgency - through civilian indigenous networks,
In this third 'Social Media and the Military' podcast, David Bailey catches US Navy Admiral James Stavridis (Supreme Allied Commander Europe) during a brief pause during an operational visit, to ask the SACEUR why Social Media is, in his opinion, important to NATO. The
