Aerospace and Defence Industry

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The ability to physically simulate gravity has lots of civilian and military benefits, and China’s…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF China is increasingly sanctioning the export of rare earth metals which are used in everything…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hypersonic startups are in vogue right now but despite huge advances most are going bankrupt…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In the movies all space craft just fly into orbit – that’s Single Stage to…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Militaries around the world are developing drone swarms that can swamp and destroy enemy targets,…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Decades ago humans would try to visualise the outcomes of things in our heads, but…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF American F-22’s are supersonic, China’s new drones will be hypersonic, so just how does a…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When it comes to radar technology there’s a stealth war going on with China trying…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to communicate underwater is incredibly difficult but also incredibly useful and important, and…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF What if you could launch objects into space without having to use propellant? That’s the…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The US is really bad at developing hypersonic vehicles, but it’s hoping to get better…