Chris Pocock
Defense Correspondent
Chris Pocock has been covering the defense beat for AIN for over 30 years. He is a British citizen and a graduate of the University of Cambridge. Chris worked in the air cargo business for ten years before becoming a full-time writer in 1983. He subsequently edited two air cargo journals before becoming AIN’s Defense Editor. He retired from that position in 2018, but still contributes to the publication. Chris has written extensively on aerial reconnaissance, including four books on the history of the U-2 spyplane. He also lectures on this and other topics related to intelligence-gathering in the Cold War.
Latest from Chris Pocock
Aircraft
Australia Finally Gets First Airbus A330MRTT Tankers
Airbus Military has delivered two of five A330MRTTs ordered by launch customer the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
Paris 2011: Raytheon Reveals Hyperspectral sensor for MQ-1 Predator UAV
Raytheon revealed a hyperspectral sensor, which has been adapted to the MQ-1 Predator UAV, at the Paris Air Show on Tuesday.
Aircraft
Paris 2011: Airbus A400M Will Soon Be the Atlas
According to the latest speculation, the A400M will soon gain an official name: Atlas.
Paris 2011: Eurofighter Consortium Announces Typhoon 2020 Plan
Eurofighter confirmed in Paris yesterday that an AESA (active electronically scanned array) radar would enter service on the Typhoon in 2015, and announced
Aircraft
Paris 2011: Boeing Releases Details on USAF KC-46 Aerial Tanker
Boeing finally released significant detail on the U.S.
Paris 2011: Marshall Bids To Fill UK Maritime Patrol Gap
Marshall Aerospace (Hall 2b
Paris 2011: ITT’s Gorgon Stare’s “Unblinking Eye” Providing Intelligence from Reaper UAVs in Afghanistan
The system has overcome early integration problems and is delivering actionable intelligence to warfighters in Afghanistan.
Aircraft
Paris 2011: Australian win spurs new export drive for latest Seahawk versions
Lockheed Martin has launched a new marketing drive to sell MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopters internationally.
Paris 2011: Goodrich exploits unmanned innovation at Cloud Cap
Innovative engineering in small companies has been responsible for many of today’s unmanned aerial vehicle developments in the U.S.
Paris 2011: Opening up cross-border procurement
A new measure to open up defense procurement by European countries to greater competition is finally coming into force this year.
Paris 2011: Selex sets itself apart in Europe’s electronic warfare stakes
Selex Galileo is the largest supplier of airborne electronic warfare (EW) equipment in Europe, and third only in the world behind BAE Systems North America
Paris 2011: What Will the F-35 Cost?
After the preliminary design review was completed on schedule in April 2003, every subsequent milestone in the F-35 program was missed by at least one year
Paris 2011: Multi-mission Supersonic Stealth May Be Possible, but Is the F-35 Affordable
The Lockheed Martin F-35<
Paris 2011: Commercial Markets Will Drive Stratospheric UAV Demand
Stratospheric UAVs–mostly airships–that stay airborne flying for months or years will form a new communications and sensing infrastructure, according to th
Paris 2011: Airbus Military pioneers new support and training models
Airbus Military wants to boost revenue
Paris 2011: International Orders Bolster F-35 Sales, But So Far Only Five of 597 Are Firm
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 is the Pentagon’s largest cooperative program.
Paris 2011: Israel’s Arrow
The Arrow BMD (ballistic missile defense) system that now protects Israel was co-developed and produced by Boeing and Israeli Aircraft Industries (IAI), b
Paris 2011: The Patriot missile did BMD first
The Patriot air defense missile system was designed by Raytheon and first fielded in 1984.
Paris 2011: Airborne laser boost phase interception; tracking is essential
It was always an ambitious plan: Develop the world’s most powerful airborne laser, integrate it on a large airliner and use it to shoot down ballistic mis
Paris 2011: Is Europe getting serious about missile defense?
Are the nations of Europe serious about comprehensive ballistic missile defense (BMD)? Or are they happy to let America provide the only effective shield
Eurofighter Nations Inch Closer to New Radar Commitment
Development of an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the Eurofighter Typhoon is continuing, although the four European partner nations st
NATO Insists that Libyan Air Campaign Will Yield Desired Result
Although rebel forces have gained hardly any ground in Libya, NATO officials are still optimistic that airpower alone will eventually force Col.
