DEFENSE-AEROSPACE

Aerostat Lifts Singapore’s Watch Over Sky and Sea

August 14, 2023

Singapore has picked a plain yet clever tool to guard its narrow air lanes and busy strait. A tethered, helium-filled aerostat now hangs above western side of island, feeding fresh radar data day and night. Officers call it a long-view eye that

Missiles / Drones / Directed Energy

Taranis UCAV Marks A Decade of Quiet Influence in British Air Power

August 9, 2023

The Taranis unmanned combat air vehicle once showed up in the corner of BAE Systems’ Warton site, almost out of sight. At first glance the jet-black body looked like a sculpture more than a warplane. That day in 2010 set off fresh

Helicopters

MD Helicopters Says LUH Award to Eurocopter Is Outrageous

August 4, 2023

The senior team at MD Helicopters, Inc. calls the Army’s Light Utility Helicopter choice “flat-out wrong”. They argue the service stacked the deck for EADS North America, parent of Eurocopter. Managers say the Army brushed past cost data, safety files, and past

AI & Autonomy

Z-20 Helicopter Pushes Ahead in PLA Service

August 4, 2023

China’s medium-lift Z-20 is no longer a paper plan. Pilots in several PLA brigades now fly the grey-green machines every week. Beijing says the type is home-grown, tuned for thin air over Tibet, and ready for sea duty as well. Western watchers

AI & Autonomy

Accelerating 5th Generation Airpower: Bringing Capability and Capacity to the Merge

July 6, 2023

The Mitchell Institute today rolled out a 72-page policy paper that warns of a shrinking, aging U.S. fighter force and calls for an urgent production surge of F-35As equipped with Technology Refresh 3 and Block 4 upgrades.

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Aerostat Lifts Singapore’s Watch Over Sky and Sea

Taranis UCAV Marks A Decade of Quiet Influence in British Air Power

MD Helicopters Says LUH Award to Eurocopter Is Outrageous

Z-20 Helicopter Pushes Ahead in PLA Service

Accelerating 5th Generation Airpower: Bringing Capability and Capacity to the Merge

Authors

Julien Mercier

Clara Nguyen

Priya Shah

Michael Adler

Lena Kovacs

Diego Ramos

Peter Johansson

Lucas Meyer