2020s

  1. Spey_Phantom

    Future Mid-Size Tactical Cargo (FMTC)

    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...
  2. lantinian

    Rheinmetall KF51 Panther

    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...
  3. Flyaway

    DARPA moving forward with development of nuclear powered spacecraft

    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/
  4. GTX

    Royal Australian Navy Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicles (XL-AUVs)

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

    Royal Navy Type 83 Destroyer (Type 45 replacement)

    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
  6. Grey Havoc

    Space Manufacturing Hub (Australia)

    https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Fleet_Space_Technologies_wins_Australian_Government_grant_to_build_space_manufacturing_hub_999.html
  7. AN/AWW-14(V)

    Taiwanese missiles, munitions and guns projects

    Upmedia reports that Taiwan will begin the development of an air-launched variant of the HF-3 supersonic anti-ship missile. The weapon will be carried by the indigenous IDF fighter and around $314 million has been allocated for the project which will be called Hsiung Chih. This will be...
  8. A

    GA-ASI Mojave

    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
  9. H

    China: Projecting Power in the Atlantic Ocean

    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.
  10. S

    DARPA/SOCOM Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT)

    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...
  11. Flyaway

    ESA LISA Mission

    NASA Provides Laser for LISA Mission
  12. L

    DARPA / Aurora Flight Sciences / GA-ASI Liberty Lifter WIG

    https://defence-blog.com/u-s-military-is-now-seeking-a-ground-effect-craft/?amp
  13. Forest Green

    HAWC (Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept) and HACM (Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile)

    This doesn't really fit ARRW or PGSW, so I started a new thread.
  14. R

    Australian Ship Building in trouble...

    Interesting...Troubled naval shipbuilding projects set to prompt another Defence Department shake-up
  15. Grey Havoc

    Shenyang J-11 PLAN/PLAAF

    For the 1960s/1970s fighter project, see here. https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/planaf-j-11bh-fighter-seen-using-potentially-new-ecm-pod
  16. Grey Havoc

    USSSPs (Unmaned Semifixed Sea Platforms) - European Union

    https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/07/navantia-participates-in-the-largest-project-of-the-european-defense-industrial-development-program-edidp/ The platforms will have 'light' armament, though to what extent isn't clear. https://ec.europa.eu/defence-industry-space/ussps_en I'll...
  17. sublight_

    Sukhoi T-75 LTS (CheckMate)

    I guess they heard you, because now there is this..... https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41508/russias-united-aircraft-corporation-channels-the-x-files-with-this-cryptic-teaser
  18. M

    The German Wiesel AWC replacement project, the airborne weapon carrier (GSD LuWa)

    Translated form German. https://soldat-und-technik.de/2021/07/bewaffnung/27778/luftbeweglicher-waffentraeger-luwa-gesamtsystemdemonstrator-vorgestellt/ CGI of the demonstrator.
  19. Grey Havoc

    Polish Tank Modernization Program

    https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2021/07/09/poland-could-purchase-m1-abrams-tanks-from-us/
  20. bearnard97

    The possibility of the colonization of Venus put forward by NASA

    This is a video about the possibility of the colonization of Venus put forward by NASA. Personally, I think the idea of colonizing Venus is a completely useless idea. Even more useless than colonizing Mars. Venus's environment is even more harsh than the environment on Mars which will we should...
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