SINGAPORE AIRSHOW IS STILL THE REGIONAL STAND-OUT

The Singapore Airshow is coming up in the first week of February. This is Asia’s oldest aerospace trade show, with a lineage dating back to 1984. Since then, most other countries in the region have launched their own shows. They attract international exhibitors who have near-term sales prospect in these countries, or who feel obliged … Continue reading SINGAPORE AIRSHOW IS STILL THE REGIONAL STAND-OUT

TEMPEST SHOULD INDEED BE REVIEWED

The new Labour government in the UK predictably ordered a new defence review. Excitable national media journalists soon wrote that the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) aka Tempest might be scrapped, citing comments by the Prime Minster and the Armed Forces Minister. Actually they said nothing of the sort, but as I wrote previously here, … Continue reading TEMPEST SHOULD INDEED BE REVIEWED