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Planning for the future and UAV's: be wary of 40 year projections

(I've had this post done for over a week but Mr. Gates and his minions kept blocking me, I showed them!) Top Gun Commander “Viper” to “Maverick” on the fight the day his Dad (his pet aircraft program) was killed: What I'm about to tell you is classified. It could end my career. We were in the...

Posted to EXCALIBUR (Weblog) by Otto on 11-03-2008
Large "Predator sized" unmanned aerial vehicle found in Long Island, a concern for law enforcement

On my recent deployment to Iraq, I worked with unmanned aerial vehicles and got a real appreciation for what they can and can’t do. They are most assuredly here to stay and although I agree with the idea of an “ISR surge” I think putting too much reliance on unmanned assets can strangle bandwidth and...

Posted to EXCALIBUR (Weblog) by Otto on 08-25-2008
here's an idea: Buy some Hawker Beechcraft AT-6's as a companion trainer for USAF UAV squadrons

USAF File photo Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and I flew B-52’s, SAC had a program called “Accelerated Co-Pilot Enrichment” (ACE) with a small number (around 6 as I recall) T-37B “Tweets” assigned to SAC bases with B-52’s and KC-135’s, not sure about the other “heavy types” B-1’s and KC-10’s The...

Posted to EXCALIBUR (Weblog) by Otto on 02-04-2008
The time is now: Excalibur presents the counterinsurgency airship, a current day Battlestar Galactica!

h/t to Noah Shactman and Danger Room here . There appears to be a resurgence in interest, or at least proposals for, airships . I cannot for the life of me figure out why someone can’t get the idea of a military airship to work. Over the years, as I’ve worked the numbers on deployment data, airships...

Posted to EXCALIBUR (Weblog) by Otto on 01-07-2008
NASA and the Air Force to send UAV's to southern California

It looks like the NASA and the DOD are starting to move. Defensenews.com is reporting that NASA will send a Predator and the Air Force will provide a Global Hawk. Once they decide to move, the defense juggernaut can get going. While I would say they were a day too slow, it is welcome news to see these...

Posted to EXCALIBUR (Weblog) by Otto on 10-24-2007
Get em in the air now! The Air Force should provide air support immediately

Air Force Photo of Predator UAV Now they are reporting largest evacuation in California history..... The US Air Force flies U-2’s , Predator’s , Reaper, and Global Hawk UAV’s out of Beale AFB north of Sacramento CA and Creech AFB, outside of Las Vegas NV. I bet they launch ten training sorties a day...

Posted to EXCALIBUR (Weblog) by Otto on 10-23-2007
Action this day! need a single integrated common operational picture and UAV's now!

OK folks, this is now approaching Kartina levels in terms of evacuations, 500,000 on the move, Governor Swarzenneggar is speaking at this moment...here's some thoughts on what's needing to happen now: 1. plan for this evacuation for a week, you can extend to the right, but one week minimum 2...

Posted to EXCALIBUR (Weblog) by Otto on 10-23-2007
the battle for UAV control...

Capt. Richard Koll, left, and Airman 1st Class Mike Eulo perform function checks after launching an MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle Aug. 7 at Balad Air Base, Iraq. Photo U.S. Air Force/Master Sgt. Steve Horton There has been a brewing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) battle for some time, it’s not...

Posted to EXCALIBUR (Weblog) by Otto on 08-19-2007
up, up, and away....

Sgt. Joshua Harris launches a pointer UAV, US Army photo by Cpl Benjamin Cossel This online report by Mark Rutherford of CNET Blog Network that SOCOM is considering the Boeing A-160 Hummingbird in itself is not troubling, but I have great concerns that everyone in command in SOF at or above the rank...

Posted to EXCALIBUR (Weblog) by Otto on 08-17-2007

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