early 2020s

https://adbr.com.au/former-ran-armidale-class-patrol-boat-to-become-autonomous-testbed/

Several months after this thread was made North Korea tested cruise missile with range of 1500 kilometers in September of 2021. During late January of 2022 there was test of even longer range cruise missile by North Korea with range of 1800 kilometers. That is more than enough to cover...

Although there is not a requirement for a carrier capable multi-engine training aircraft this thread is used to address the design requirements and concept of such an aircraft. Currently, the US Navy uses the Beechcraft T-44 Pegasus (similar to a militarized KingAir) for multi-engine training...

Breaking news. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-14/elon-musk-launches-43-billion-hostile-takeover-of-twitter

More in German. https://www.flugrevue.de/militaer/auftrag-an-polaris-raumflugzeug-demonstrator-fuer-die-bundeswehr/

https://www.airforcemag.com/details-emerge-on-new-unmanned-long-range-bomber-and-fighter-projects/ So uuh... Supersonic?

Irish Commission on the Defence Forces has come up with three proposals to bolster the armed forces, the most ambitious of which includes the purchase of 12 to 24 jet fighters. The cost of such an effort is almost quadruple of the current budget (including other capabilities as well). This would...

The RAF are getting pair of Dassault Falcon 900LX to replace the BAE 146 (slowly retired one has gone into our local Imperial War Museum Duxford last week) at 32 (Royal) Squadron...

Here we go again, folks. Aerospace company chasing VC money with promise of a miracle -- SSTO from a runway to space and back. This time, for sure, Rocky. https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/radian-announces-plans-to-build-one-of-the-holy-grails-of-spaceflight/

View: https://youtu.be/JkH8PxzPcVg Looks like the Russian Airforce has got their VDV concept up and Running. Bet they learned a lot from Syria theater. And its funny how JANES again got things wrong.. https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/russian-airborne-forces-retool-for-expanded-role

The whole story started with a picture posted in 2017 on social media that shows a new military drone that China has built. The unnamed device, which is said to be a torpedo bomber, is capable of skimming the surface of the sea and conducting "deadly attacks" against warships, says a post on...

Why These Badass Balloons Are the Pentagon's New Secret Weapon New long-range U.S. weapons will be able to hit tactical targets like missile bases and air-defense radar from a thousand miles away or more, but only if they have aerial scouts to pinpoint their targets. The U.S. military has used...

https://news.slashdot.org/story/21/08/30/218249/biden-launches-us-digital-corps-to-bring-young-tech-talent-to-government https://digitalcorps.gsa.gov/ Hmmmmm

https://breakingdefense.com/2021/08/pentagon-posed-to-unveil-classified-space-weapon/

The US Navy has (re) launched (August 2021) the Screaming Arrow prototyping effort after withdrawing the prior outreach to industry back in March. Wanted to start a dedicated thread to discuss what the Navy is asking for here since they have provided a notional set of requirements and are...

This 2019 brainstorm from the Acquisition, Technology, & Logistics Agency seems to be still moving ahead, and is a bit odd even for that ill-starred front for the Finance Ministry (ostensible status as a MOD agency notwithstanding!). Apparently the idea was/is to enable the MSDF to be able to...

https://navalpost.com/china-type-052d-destroyer-suzhou-132/ From back in March, via the Wikipedia entry on the Type 052D family: https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/more-stretched-type-052d-destroyers-join-the-pla-navy...

Russian-founded space start-up and Spac fined for misleading investors (ft.com, registration or subscription may be required) https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/13/22576176/space-momentus-charged-sec-misleading-investors-mikhail-kokorich...

https://www.govconwire.com/2021/06/state-department-oks-2-4b-f-16-sale-to-philippines/

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/04/08/army-wants-replace-cold-war-era-tow-missile-new-longer-range-tank-killer.html