2020s

https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/20221209-OYT1T50038/ Yomiuri Shinbun reported that there's a major shift of JSDF force mix incoming. This is following a major increase in defense spending by the Japanese. In short, they will replace a major share of their manned aerial assets in favor of...

Space Perspective to launch balloon-borne tourist flights from 'marine spaceport' I'm dubious: a ship-launched balloon will carry passengers who paid $125,000 each up to 100,000 feet. They will subsequently splash down... and be picked up by the same ship. That had better be a *fast* ship.

https://breakingdefense.com/2022/10/at-euronaval-defense-firms-dive-deep-into-seabed-warfare-platforms/

The genesis of the Long Range Cannon project was the M777 Extended Range (ER) Howitzer project, a 2014 prototyping initiative to significantly extend the range of the currently fielded M777A2 variant. That effort involved the incorporation of a longer cannon tube for extended-range firing; a...

Not a journalist I place a lot of credence with so take with pinch of salt: Satellite photos reveal colossal airship hangar in Chinese desert Keen to know if other sources on this.

Some quick background on this, in particular the ICV, via an old post in another thread (note that the info on the Type 16 MCV procurement & deployment may be out of date, there seems to be still some momentum within the MOD/JGSDF on replacing proper tanks on active duty with MCVs according to...

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/09/saab-receives-orders-from-sweden-for-submarine-upgrades/ HSwMS Östergötland isn't mentioned in the article, but presumably it will receive the same upgrade as HSwMS Södermanland in due course.

They’ll be based in Canada using the 100% Ukrainian Cyclone-4M medium lift launcher. https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/09/mls-spaceport-nova-scotia/

First Ohio, and now this. Don't they realize that Idaho is known for growing potatoes? :) https://www.thestreet.com/markets/micron-unveils-plans-for-15-billion-chip-manufacturing-plant-in-idaho

ORIGINAL CAPTION: An illustration of a small attack drone (Provided by Defense Ministry) Defense Ministry is asking for attack drones in 2023 budget (The Asahi Shimbun)

France, Germany and Sweden have agreed to develop a new medium-size tactical transport plane. this is intended to replace the C-130J in the 2040's and supplement the Airbus A400M https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/france-germany-sweden-launch-future-transport-aircraft personel...

That seems to have been an early peek into the KF-51 Panther, a 59 tons version of the KF-41 Lynx armed with 130 mm cannon aimed to replace the Leopard 2. The vehicle will be unveiled at Eurosatory 2022 on June 13th at 14:00 local time...

Seems to have quite an early proposed flight date of fiscal year 2026. https://spacenews.com/darpa-moving-forward-with-development-of-nuclear-powered-spacecraft/

https://www.anduril.com/article/anduril-and-the-royal-australian-navy-to-partner-on-extra-large-autonomous-undersea-vehicles/

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZXLvmLx5jw Appears to be: 48+16 cell VLS 2 x octuple AShM launchers. Main Gun 127 or 155mm? 2 x 57(?)mm guns (1 either side) 2 x 30 or 40(?)mm guns at rear above heli pad? 1 x Heli

https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Fleet_Space_Technologies_wins_Australian_Government_grant_to_build_space_manufacturing_hub_999.html

View: https://vimeo.com/652210410 https://www.ga-asi.com/remotely-piloted-aircraft/mojave https://www.ga-asi.com/ga-asi-announces-new-mojave-uas

https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-seeks-first-military-base-on-africas-atlantic-coast-u-s-intelligence-finds-11638726327 Nothing to see here I'm sure.

case. Safety and redundancy of multi-engine systems is a complex and evolving field. What is unacceptably unreliable using one technology, demanding full redundancy, may be a lot better using a different technology. For example combustion engines used to be so unreliable and lacking in...

NASA Provides Laser for LISA Mission