All articles by Eva Grey

Live and virtual environments shape the future air combat training

With just a handful of fifth-generation jet fighter aircraft models combat-ready, defence departments are already ramping up funding of R&D…
Farnborough International Airshow 2018: the future of flight

Set over a few cloudy, drizzly days in the middle of a long, hot summer, some public visitors dubbed this…
A journey through space and time: the UK’s space programme

Fittingly, Dstl announced its cash boost for space programmes last October, during World Space Week. At a time when budget…
Nuclear powered aircraft: Cold War fission to new-age fusion

The radioactive dust had barely settled on Hiroshima before military scientists on both sides of the Iron Curtain turned their…
Argentina’s Gripen deal – a threat to the Falkland Islands?

Argentina's Gripen Deal - A Threat to the Falkland Islands As Basil Fawlty warned, "Don't mention the war!" But the…

Raising missileer morale – US Air Force to issue nuclear deterrence medal

In a quiet post-Cold War era, when seemingly futile 'duck and cover' civil defence advice and the wail of four-minute…
Flight MH17 – could technology and intelligence have prevented tragedy?

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) was en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam in July 2014 when it was shot…
VIDEO – Duke Airborne Systems RWS robotically arms helicopters in seconds

Duke Airborne Systems new Remote Weapon Station (RWS) for helicopters is based on the company's land-proven RWS, with the concept…
Remote controlled Black Hawks – reviving aircraft as unmanned systems

A medevac helicopter lands near the site of an attack of an armoured patrol and its crew members carry injured…
Latest In Defence – A400M, P-8 Poseidon and Eurofighter Typhoon at Farnborough

The Airbus A400M military transport aircraft, also known as Atlas, is designed for tactical and logistics missions and can also…