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Navy – SEMINAR REPORT   #287, 30 April 2009 Maritime Strategy: Indian and American Perspectives Kimberley Layton and Marian GallenkampResearch Interns, IPCS Report of the IPCS Seminar held on 30 April 2009 Chair: Maj Gen (retd.) Dipankar Banerjee, Director, IPCSSpeakers: Capt. (retd.) Edward Lundquist, US Navy Cmde. (retd.), Ranjit Rai, Vice President, Indian Maritime Foundation[…]

Navy Strategy of Engagement Builds Trust Maritime Reporter – Wednesday, September 26, 2007   By Edward Lundquist Senior Science Advisor Alion Science and Technology The United States must engage with maritime partners around the world to create and build trust, according to senior Navy leaders speaking at the 2007 Surface Navy Association West Coast Symposium,[…]

Test Site Validates Navy’s New Power System Marine Technology Reporter Thursday, August 09, 2007   By Edward Lundquist, Senior Science Advisor, Alion Science and Technology   The surface combatant Integrated Power System (IPS) propulsion Engineering Development Model (EDM) for the U.S. Navy’s new Zumwalt-class DDG 1000 destroyer is being tested at the Land-Based Test Site[…]

Hitting a Bullet with a BulletMissile Defense from the Sea by Edward Lundquist As more nations acquire a menacing ballistic missile capability in all ranges and phases of flight, the need to be able to counter the threat is also growing. While shooting down a ballistic missile in space is not easy, the U.S. Navy,[…]

Good business is good policy Foreign military sales add to the bottom line and reinforce strategic goals BY EDWARD LUNDQUIST January 2009 – Armed Forces Journal The Navy’s “Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower” is a year old, setting the sea service on a new course. The Navy’s Cold War focus has been overtaken by[…]

What can you learn from command?  How about humility?<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />   Destroyer Captain: Lessons of a First Command By Admiral James Stavridis, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />U.S. Navy Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland ISBN 978-1-59114-849-4 / 224 pages / $22.95     Reviewed by Edward Lundquist[…]

Maritime Domain Awareness: To Know and To Act by Edward Lundquist RUSI DEFENCE SYSTEMS FEBRUARY 2010 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) , Whitehall, London, UK Edward Lundquist retired from the US Navy in 2000. He is currently a senior science advisor with Alion Science and Technology where he supports the US Navy’s Surface Warfare Directorate[…]

“Old Tar” Impressed with New Leaders Monday, September 24, 2007 (From Maritime Reporter/MarineLink) By Edward Lundquist For Master Chief Mark Davidson, becoming the “Old Tar” doesn’t mean he’s old, it signifies he’s a seasoned and experienced Surface Warrior, just like the USS Constitution. Davidson, the command master chief at Navy Recruiting District St. Louis, recently[…]