RAeS Hosts One-Day Event for Hawker Hunter 75th Anniversary
Heads up! Celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first flight of the Hawker Hunter this July with a special one day RAeS conference at @RAF_Cosford #avgeek https://t.co/hHJSpa5u8n https://t.co/PCM4pLXYOI
Advancing Risk‑Informed Contrail Management at IATA‑RAeS Workshop
Today (9 March) at RAeS HQ! IATA-RAeS Workshop 2026 - #Contrail Management: progressing towards risk-informed decision making #avgeek https://t.co/BA0SSx46QN https://t.co/JeA0wJdt9b
Drone Warfare on the Brink of a Revolutionary Shift
Re-up! 'On the cusp of a revolution in warfare' are we on the brink of similar transformation from cavalry to tanks? #avgeek #AI #drones #Iran #Ukraine https://t.co/5ush5GHnlj https://t.co/GMD3LbIv0U
Anduril Prioritizes Battle OS Over Platforms in Combat Race
"The thing that really matters is the autonomy behaviours that should be sovereign, because we can swap out vehicles.” How Anduril is building the battle OS first, platforms second as West races to rebuild combat mass #avgeek https://t.co/69i5ruKVXK https://t.co/nJuPlxPPGf
AI vs Ammo Shortage: Modern Air War Showdown
With AI and a full blown crisis in 'combat mass' and munitions stocks - are we at the point of horse versus tank or wooden ship versus metal battleship in air warfare? #drones #AI #avgeek https://t.co/6BD5jEJqW4 https://t.co/4o9i2XD90j
Friendly Fire Chaos: Mis‑ID Leads to F‑18 Shooting Down F‑15
Terrible case of mis-ID, but given Qatari AF had splashed a couple of Su-24s- wonder if the uppermost threat was Iranian Fencers, Fulcrums or even Tomcats rather than drones, in pilots' mind?
Low‑Cost Autonomous Munitions Could Restore Combat Mass
With #Ukraine and #Iran burning through stocks of missiles and drones at a staggering pace - can low-cost autonomous munitions bring back 'combat mass'? #avgeek https://t.co/6BD5jEJqW4 https://t.co/TCHXSbGlBW
Instant OSINT Forces Governments to Own Drone Damage
Govt caginess about actual damage so enemy can refine their strikes next time is not new/surprising (see V1s vs London). But in this time of instant online OSINT and social media BDA (Bomb Damage Assessment) should they work on assumption...
Inception Aviation CEO Discusses Future at RAeS Fireside
Today at RAeS HQ! As part of #RAeSCivilAviationWeek - Tony Lucking Fireside Chat 2026 - Tasos Michael - CEO, Inception Aviation Holdings Limited #avgeek https://t.co/nDuunYNrFf https://t.co/KXoTZlU6Aj
Decorated Kuwaiti Pilot
Kuwaiti AF Hornet pilot promotion board, 20 years hence "30-plus years of service. Combat medals. Citations. Only man to shoot down three planes in the last 40 years. Why are you still a Captain?" https://t.co/1mfw8xqxRz
Decarbonisation Likely to End Cheap Airline Tickets
The end of cheap flights? How decarbonisation could up up putting up the price of airline tickets #avgeek #RAeSCommercialAviationSummit #RAeSCivilAviationWeek https://t.co/uPfVlkUuNF https://t.co/0RhCg9Gr45
Future Airline Ticket Prices in a Net‑Zero Era
How Much Will a Airline Ticket Cost in a Net‑Zero World? #avgeek #RAeSCommercialAviationSummit #RAeSCivilAviationWeek https://t.co/xzQcwe0vS3 https://t.co/uCm2cq4upT
Standard Rule: Fire Two Missiles Per Target, Then Repeat
Worth remembering in all this debate about interceptor missiles vs drones/cruise missiles and stocks/reserves running out, that doctrinally the standard engagement RoE is always fire TWO missiles at every target. Then watch and fire 2 more to ensure a kill...
SAF Could Raise Airline Ticket Prices Significantly
How much might SAF add to airline passenger ticket flights? We crunch the numbers #avgeek #RAeSCommercialAviationSummit #RAeSCivilAviationWeek https://t.co/xzQcwe0vS3 https://t.co/855NGDNbgM
No Spare Sky Sabre Batteries for RAF Akrotiri
Obvious Q - no spare Sky Sabre batteries that could be deployed to defend RAF Akrotiri? #Cyprus #IranIsraelWar
Tech Glitch and Wind Force Hercules Back to Hangar
Plot twist. Herc gone tech and too windy to check it without dragging it back into a hangar.... plan B? https://t.co/kyNjejlmpc
Swedish Gripen Rearmed in 10‑12 Minutes During QRA Demo
Very cool demo here of a QRA turnaround- 10-12mins to rearm a Swedish AF Gripen C on Iceland Air Policing duty. #avgeek https://t.co/QnWx6mIx0d
Denmark Won’t Rule Out Future Greenland Air Policing
"Definitely not exclude" standing up a Greenland Air Policing deployment in the future, says Danish Air Chief in an Arctic Sentry/NATO Iceland Air Policing press briefing. https://t.co/7KaxVG4yba
Denmark Deploys F‑35s to NATO Arctic Sentry
Next up, Commander Danish Air Force, Major General Jan Dam. RDAF deploying F-35s to Arctic Sentry. #NATO https://t.co/E5rfxfhINt
NATO Thrives in High North, Arctic Cooperation Grows
Day 2 of Swedish AF/ #NATO media trip with Director General Jonas G Allansson, Iceland, explaining how "the alliance is functioning very well" in the High North - with "Growing cooperation between Arctic allies" https://t.co/YzXdmbmfSS
Swedish Air Force's C‑130H Phases Out for C‑390
Old school Herc action with SwAF C-130H. (Tp84). Set to be replaced in service by the Embraer C-390. #avgeek https://t.co/ZVCy9NCE7H
Swedish AF Chief Discusses NATO Air Policing in Iceland
Great to chat to Swedish AF chief Maj Gen Jonas 'Shaft' Wikman about Sweden's NATO Air Policing Mission in Iceland here at Keflavik AB. #avgeek https://t.co/KUhgWv1XcN
Iceland Showcases NATO Air Policing History on Wall
Cool display wall of previous NATO Air Policing missions and visitors here in Iceland. #avgeek https://t.co/qzXPxJ75NE
Sweden Leads NATO Air Policing Over Iceland
Here in Iceland, where 4 the first time, Sweden has taken command of a NATO Air Policing deployment. 6 x Gripens, 100 personnel plus counter drone and fighter controllers to protect airspace. "Need to make sure we are ready to...
NMH Approval Still Unclear as Deadline Passes
So - conscious that things have been a bit hectic elsewhere these past 48 hrs - but did #NMH actually get signed off? Any official announcement given deadline was today?
AI Becomes Next Multi‑Domain Weapon System
Would probably add AI to the list of new weapon systems - particularly for coordinating/planning highly complex multi-domain ops, VUL windows, EW, tanker tracks, cyber, space ISR etc to achieve synchronised ToT & then rapidly generating a new frag order....
Europe's Drone Wall Mirrors Maginot Line Folly
Is Europe's proposed 'Drone Wall' the aerial equivalent of the Maginot Line? Exclusive analysis in March 2026 AEROSPACE #drones #NATO #Ukraine https://t.co/cWQRnTWlQr https://t.co/diKSD4Xblb
Five Years On, Aviation Workers Still Feel Pandemic’s Shadow
The long shadow of Covid - how 5 years year on from the pandemic - some aviation professionals are still struggling to cope. Only in March 2026 AEROSPACE https://t.co/Mpa5ZPsFX8 https://t.co/KDDHedHkBp
PM Pre-Announces Black Hawk as NMH Winner
For the full Whitehall #NMH chaos experience, we now need a prescheduled tweet from the PM saying that he "is delighted to announce the winner of New Medium Helicopter is the Black Hawk"
Is DEI in Aviation Dead? A New Magazine Probe
Is #DEI in aviation now DOA? One of the features in the latest (March) issue of AEROSPACE magazine #avgeek https://t.co/Mpa5ZPsFX8 https://t.co/lCIQE962vX
Mark Your Calendar: RAeS Future Air & Space Summit
Mark diaries for the RAeS Future Air and Space Defence Summit - 20-21 May, RAeS HQ, London #avgeek #GCAP #FCAS #Tempest https://t.co/o1hRSTY3OR https://t.co/tkbs3FWhwm
Aerospace Leaders Inspire Youth at RAeS Event
Great to have @ProfBrianCox @ChiefofAirStaff & @JonEggingTrust at RAeS HQ earlier this week for an evening focused on youth and aerospace #avgeek https://t.co/4JgtkiXkUv https://t.co/J7UZ3NsPP6
Enders Regrets Abandoning 50‑year BAE Partnership
Tom Enders - "We should have kept and nurtured our relationship with [Britain’s] BAE Systems. We are looking back to more than 50 years of successful co-operation in fighter aircraft development with the United Kingdom,” #avgeek
Visual Illusions and Terrain Traps Challenge Unwary Pilots
From somatogravic illusions on go-arounds to the visual traps of dark nights and sloping terrain - some of the visual challenges for unwary pilots #humanfactors #avgeek https://t.co/59tJngzTkO https://t.co/IxxlRG3ZcD
Jungle‑Found Tu‑160 Restoration Reveals New Aeronautical AI Slop
Hesitant to share this as don't want to give them the clicks - but just discovered new levels of aeronautical #AISlop with this 'restoration of a Tu160'(!) lost for 'decades' in the jungle. MAKE. IT. STOP. #avgeek https://t.co/OO0Y7gT9Mk https://t.co/gPr8mMiPh4
Pilots' Perception Tricks: Seeing Isn't Believing in 3D
When seeing isn't believing - the tricks pilot's bodies can play on them as they navigate 3D space #avgeek #humanfactors https://t.co/r3OCeLJL79 https://t.co/L4GKdB81Vt
Pilots' Perception Errors: Human Factors Challenge Flight Safety
When your senses deceive you - the stubborn human factors challenges that pilots experience #avgeek #humanfactors https://t.co/dmk5hFt5TY https://t.co/giz0zgi37J
Leonardo Proteus UAV: 15‑Minute Flight Limits Hype
"Wait and sea" - genius headline for this report on Leonardo Proteus UAV from @fg_domperry - but only 15 mins flight time so far? #avgeek https://t.co/fuWDNu7sFH https://t.co/SoGUaRJTZX
Airbus Unveils High‑speed and Advanced Rotorcraft Concepts for NATO
After being glimpsed in a @aerosociety Lecture in https://t.co/Zm9M2njU6V in 2025 - @AirbusHeli reveals next generation rotorcraft concepts for #NATO #NGRC requirement. 2 concepts - a high-speed compound chopper and an advanced conventional design #avgeek https://t.co/PxLWEs1hSO
Mark Your Calendar: BA CEO Sean Doyle Speaks 12 March
Heads up! Mark diaries for RAeS Heathrow Branch lecture, 12 March with @British_Airways CEO Sean Doyle #avgeek #britishairways https://t.co/43KuoybuxB https://t.co/8f3b2zQ28m
Project OVERMATCH Scales UK Drone Production
Project OVERMATCH - how one company is scaling up production of #drones in the UK #avgeek https://t.co/sEEOjJQprt https://t.co/PjEtX67uHA
Tekever's AR3 EVO: Small UAV, Massive Modular Power
Small UAV - with big capabilities - how @Tekever is taking modular #drones to the next level with its AR3 EVO #avgeek #defence https://t.co/9hbPLZEY4l https://t.co/Or8fywIuXn
Tekever Integrates Ukraine Combat Lessons Into EVO Drone
How Anglo-Portuguese UAV firm @Tekever is incorporating battle lessons from Ukraine for its latest EVO #drone #avgeek https://t.co/9hbPLZEY4l https://t.co/c2NdkqOs7K
Noisy Neighborhoods More Annoyed by Air Taxi Noise
"Initial results reveal that residents living in noisy areas reported being more bothered by the air taxi sounds than those in quieter areas." #avgeek
Chief of Air Staff Fireside Chat Highlights at RAeS
Cool video round-up of yesterday's Fireside Chat by @ChiefofAirStaff at RAeS HQ. #avgeek #defence https://t.co/2UyfTpsJ4R
Free Aviation Lecture by Delta Ops Leader
Free #aviation lecture, RAeS Washington DC Branch, 18 Feb, 2026 Sir Stuart Matthews Lecture - given by John Laughter, EVP, Chief of Operations and President, @Delta Technical Operations #avgeek https://t.co/FJ8pi7Q6kU https://t.co/l4RPF1BDai
Free Aviation Lectures at RAeS Solent Competition
Free #aviation lecture(s), RAeS Solent Branch, NE Rowe Lecture Competition (<22 Category), 18 Feb #avgeek https://t.co/JJra4NarBl
CFD Validation Challenges Explored by Modelers and Measurers
Today (18 Feb) at RAeS HQ! RAeS #Aerodynamics Workshop 2026: CFD Validation Challenges - Perspectives from Modellers and Measurers #avgeek https://t.co/OxpGPT4vKi https://t.co/jfXuQTxXsr
Artemis II Launch Countdown Kicks Off Now
The race to the Moon is on! - @SpaceKate reports on the countdown to Artemis II launch #NASA #Artemis https://t.co/HgVrFswjLR https://t.co/P7yO0wazU1
VerticalAero Showcases Valo eVTOL at Singapore Airshow
Re-up! On the record with @VerticalAero at the 2026 Singapore Airshow to find out more about their Valo #eVTOL #avgeek https://t.co/xntDfKHnaO
