The biennial Zhuhai air show is a banquet for observers of Chinese defense technology. Although nuclear-capable missiles and the latest developmental and operational air force systems are absent, China’s policy of ensuring that there are multiple suppliers in all key areas results in many new programs at Zhuhai. This year, counterstealth technology and advanced missiles were in the forefront.

A Chinese airlifter as big as the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules will go into service in the 2020s if the factory behind the project, Shaanxi Aircraft, is given a go-ahead, as expected.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) tested unmanned surface vehicles two weeks in August on the James River in Virginia.

ESA took to Twitter to provide humans on Earth an almost real-time glimpse of the first probe landing on a comet.

While Chinese and U.S. forces have rattled each other’s cages in recent years, neither has had to launch a major amphibious operation against the other in the way the American Navy and Marine Corps has had to deal with natural disasters in the Asia Pacific region.

Raytheon is upgrading its Tomahawk missile to ready it to compete for the pending U.S. Navy’s Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare requirement.

China unveiled its FC-31 stealth export fighter for the world to see at Airshow China in Zhuhai. The Avic Shenyang-built aircraft features twin engines, low-observable airframe, and an internal weapons bay.

A new facility to help in the fight against Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) has officially opened in Soesterberg, the Netherlands.