2020s

Interesting. https://x.company/projects/makani/

A Belgian startup is working on a water bomber concept. "Scooping smoothly SEAGLE is designed for safe operations in the most demanding situations. Scooping water from a sleeping lake appears as a quiet task for the pilot while scooping from a windy sea surface can be very stressful. This...

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/

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/the-type-4x-destroyer-an-early-look-at-an-early-concept/

Couldn't find a thread, I felt their ought to be one. https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/03/u-s-navys-future-large-scale-combatant-force-level-goals/ 5-inch (127-mm)/62 cal Mk. 45 Mod. 4 4 × 32 Mark 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) cells (swappable with larger VLS systems) Two...

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

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...

https://breakingdefense.com/2021/10/the-linchpin-for-army-evolution-to-multi-domain-operations-is-already-here-gray-eagle/

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.gov.uk/government/news/advanced-detect-and-destroy-air-defence-system-launched https://www.gov.uk/government/news/advanced-detect-and-destroy-air-defence-system-launched

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.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoBOuv6qJNU

https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2021-11-14/calidus-unveils-giant-attack-aircraft https://aviationweek.com/shownews/dubai-airshow/calidus-reveals-scaled-counter-insurgency-aircraft Only a mockup for now to attract orders. This is one massive beast with a whopping 12 underwing...

Israeli SKy Dew Aerostat long range airborne warning aerostat https://theaviationist.com/2021/11/04/israel-sky-dew/?fbclid=IwAR2X2u_0hcfOTjcNxYaki4SKw27vv-twYErbuTDz_4rJ_nAFq4b3eYd7wkA

https://www.sandia.gov/labnews/2021/10/22/this-device-could-usher-in-gps-free-navigation/ Looks like a nice solution to the jamming problem, for those that cant astro-navigate.

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