Space Home Alabama: Huntsville selected as Space Command HQ
Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal was selected out of six candidates, including the Space Command’s temporary home in Colorado, prompting calls from…
23 Dec 2020
Four future fighters to watch
Team Tempest Led by the UK, with the help of Italy and Sweden, the Tempest programme aims to start replacing the Eurofighter Typhoon from 2035 onwards. BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Leonardo…
10 Dec 2020
Investment in STEM needed to win space and digitisation race: Viasat
“We are in this era of highly unrestricted, highly competitive warfare with adversaries that are influencing as much on soft power as they are on hard power. I think those…
03 Dec 2020
Space debris: tackling threats to navigation in low Earth orbit
In September, the International Space Station (ISS) fired 75 thrusters at great fuel expense to avoid a piece of space debris, the 26th time it had to do so in its…
27 Nov 2020
Russia’s top long-range attack drones
Russia is accelerating the development of multiple long-range attack UAVs to compete with the US and China who are ahead in the combat drone race. Army Technology lists the top…
25 Nov 2020
US lawmakers voice concern over Open Skies withdrawal
The Trump administration announced in May that it was seeking to withdraw from the treaty that allows signatories to conduct military surveillance flights over each other’s territory. In a statement,…
20 Nov 2020
Top sixth-generation fighter jets
The major air forces in the world are developing or looking to procure next-generation fighter aircraft that will serve them for years to come, providing superiority in air combat domain.…