Space on Budget
Reducing launch and spacecraft costs could enable more countries to affordably develop military communications satellites.
Space Costs & Spendings
Director Ridley Scott’s 1979 science fiction epic...
Ubiquitous Mobile Firepower
An increasing number of countries are now providing their tracked and wheeled armoured personnel carriers (APC), and in some cases protected patrol vehicles (PPV)...
Operation Spring Shield: Turkish-Syrian tension rises
On March 1, 2020, two Syrian Arab Air Force Su-24 ‘Fencers’ were shot down by Turkish forces over the Idlib region, northwest Syria, where...
Error 404
Cyber warfare is fast becoming a valuable additional arrow in the air defence suppression quiver with the mission increasingly resting on the cyber and...
North African Air Power
Following the turmoil of the Arab Spring, the cohesion and strengths of North African Air Forces varies significantly.
The Arab Spring
The Arab Spring, a series...
Vibrant Time for Advanced Jet Trainers
Legacy jet trainer aircraft are lagging front line requirements of air arms around the world: what's on offer to meet the flight training needs...
New Basic Trainer for Iranian Navy
The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Aviation (IRINA) is the air branch of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army that came into being in...
Getting with the Programmes
The US Army is performing a major enhancement of its EW capabilities. We talk to Colonel Kevin E. Finch, the US Army’s project manager...
The Jet’s No Threat
The loss of an airliner over Tehran shows failings in Iranian IFF protocols and air defender training. Lessons must be learnt.
Flight 752
Ukrainian International Airlines...
RAFAEL releases new video footage from SPIKE SR
In a recent series of tests in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, RAFAEL demonstrated the SPIKE SR (Short Range) Precision guided missile, proving its...