Jon Lake
The Expansion of GCC Air Power
Published in the Middle East Feb/Mar 2021 Supplement - The expansion of GCC Air Power has been rapid and in no small measure driven...
Nowhere to Hide
Published in December 2020/January 2021 issue - Targeting pods have matured and are turning the laser-guided bomb from bludgeon to rapier!
Though guided munitions date...
Survivability Through Digital Stealth
Can reprogrammable electronic warfare systems provide protection for tactical aircraft in a dynamic and changing threat environment?
Leonardo believe in rapidly reprogrammable electronic warfare (EW) systems. Not only...
Rafale F4 launched
Jon Lake - On 14 January 2019, the French government signed a $2.26 billion (€2 billion) contract with Dassault Aviation for a batch of...
RAF Typhoons Carry Brimstone Over Syria
Jon Lake - The RAF’s Typhoon Force has flown its first operational sortie carrying the new-to-Typhoon MBDA Brimstone 2 precision attack missile.
On 30 January, Air...
RAF Tornado Bows Out
Jon Lake - On 31 January 2019, the RAF Tornado Force flew its final operational sortie on Operation Shader - the UK element of the...
Four generations of strike fighters?
When UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson announced that the RAF’s F-35Bs were ready to deploy, having attained initial operating capability (IOC), he did so...
KC-46A Edges Nearer to Service Entry
Jon Lake - Boeing has announced that its KC-46A Pegasus tanker has completed the second phase of flight testing in support of receiver certification....
First Tranche of 18 F-35B’s for UK Nears Completion
Jon Lake - In mid-November the UK took delivery of its 17th Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning aircraft.
The aircraft was the penultimate aircraft in...
British Defence Exports on the rise
The UK’s Defence Security Organisation (DSO) revealed that the British defence industry secured export orders valued at $11.6 billion (£9 billion) in 2017. This...
