Pentagon investment in advanced satellite arrays is the latest addition to effective hypersonic defense
The US is aiming to deploy hypersonic weapons by the mid-2020s, but both Russia and China claim that they are…
07 Oct 2020
Big Data in Aerospace and Defense: Timeline
Two key technologies were critical to the first formations of data centres. The first was the advent of personal computers (PCs), which proliferated as Microsoft’s Windows operating software became the…
07 Oct 2020
US must invest more in AI or risk losing technological edge
A recent report from the Future Defense Task Force, a bipartisan congressional panel, has reiterated the need for the US to invest more heavily in AI. While the US has…
07 Oct 2020
Expeditionary force structures – the UK and French cases
The French Army recently announced the procurement of the second batch of armoured vehicles, which included 271 Griffon and 42 Jaguar, planned for delivery between 2022 and 2023. The order…
06 Oct 2020
Modernising the US ammunition industrial base
While the aerospace and defense industry is one of the most technologically advanced ones, there are on some occasions areas that are technologically neglected employing production methods that are decades…
02 Oct 2020
Big Data in Aerospace and Defense: Data Trends
Big data technologies are vital. Their ability to handle extremely large, diverse data sets that, when analysed, can reveal patterns, trends, and associations, especially relating to human behaviour and interactions.…
30 Sep 2020
Faced with pragmatic realities, India formalises offset exceptions
Following the news that the Indian Ministry of Defence is removing the offset requirements for inter-government agreement (IGA), government-to-government, and ab initio single vendor contracts, questions must be asked as…