The Asteroid Threat: Deflection Options
Who’s In Charge?
So what are the means by which we can confidently deflect an oncoming asteroid before it creates …
Aerospace
Outsourcing Strategic Airlift: NATO’s Two Very Different Solutions
In this age of coalition warfare and continuous global deployments, nearly every nation’s military regularly needs at least some strategic …
Draken International Commercial Air Services (Sponsored)
The market for commercial air services (CAS), alternately known as outsourced flight support, contract adversary support, or commercial Red Air, …
Interview with Rear Adm. Mark A. Vance, Commander, Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC)
Since the first military pilot took off on a live mission some 100 years ago, combat aviation has been both …
The Asteroid Threat: Playing Asteroids for Real
At the turn of the millennium, as the incumbent alumni association president at Colorado College, I contributed a letter for …
Details of the X-47B’s First Autonomous Carrier Landing
The U.S. Navy, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System – Demonstration (UCAS-D) …
The Navy’s X-47B Flies With Air Force Engine
Few realize that as the X-47B performed touch-and-goes on the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) a week after its …
The Asteroid Threat: The Sentinel Project
Because NASA isn’t budgeting the $450 million estimated to mount a satellite mission such as former astronaut and chairman of …
The Asteroid Threat: Understanding the Stakes
Former astronaut Ed Lu, the chief executive of the B612 Foundation, a northern California group attempting to build the privately …
The Asteroid Threat: The Search for City and Planet-killers
On May 31 asteroid 1998 QE2 – not named after the cruise ship, but nine Queen Elizabeth 2 ship-lengths in …