The Pentagon has a new China Task Force headed by Ely Ratner, a former adviser to President Joe Biden, that is charged with assessing whether the Defense Department is poised to outpace China in a “technology competition.”

Germany will decide on the selection of a new fleet of heavy-lift helicopters before the summer of 2021, a position paper on the transformation of Germany’s armed forces states. 

Although pockmarked with failures, cruise missile development is accelerating across the world.

Review of UH-60 crashes sought; Northrop to participate in AAR studies; Boeing wins Harpoon contract; and DARPA’s LongShot.

Initial studies on a UK/French Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon have been completed, and an assessment phase is due to follow.

With advanced air defense threats proliferating, the demand for advanced standoff air-launched cruise missiles is increasing.

Hindustan Aeronautics has already matured the design for the IMRH and is now awaiting program go-ahead from the government.

A diverse mix of hypersonic and subsonic cruise missiles is now in development.