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
Boeing Phantom Works pushes new Eye-in-the-Sky program
How cool is this? A high-altitude spyplane that can stay airborne for four days, driven by a liquid hydrogen power system, was unveiled last Monday at th
NATO nearing alliance for ground surveillance
Fifteen years after the concept was first mooted, NATO may finally acquire an alliance ground surveillance system (AGS).
Aircraft
UK Unveils Taranis UCAV Demonstrator
Amid tight security, the Taranis unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) was unveiled at BAE Systems’ Warton airfield in England this week.
Lockheed Martin rebuts F-35 critics on cost, progress
After a bad start to 2010, U.S.
Aircraft
Boeing Defends AW101 Offer for Renewed U.S. Presidential Helo Requirement
Boeing's controversial embrace of the AgustaWestlan
Rotorcraft
Boeing and Eurocopter To Build a Bigger Chinook?
Boeing and Eurocopter have agreed to cooperate on a future transport helicopter (FTH) and at the ILA Berlin Air Show both companies displayed a tandem-roto
Rotorcraft
Eurocopter Challenged for New German Requirements
Eurocopter was eyeing new German military requirements at the ILA Berlin Air Show earlier this month, even as it defended its delivery performance on the G
Aircraft
Grob Says Turbo-Trainer Upgrade Will Offer Low-cost Competition
Grob Aircraft is developing a turboprop version of its G115/G120 series of primary trainers.
Aircraft
Stealthy Predator Promoted To U.S. Navy
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) chose the Navy League convention to introduce a carrier-capable version of its Predator C UAV.
Aircraft
V-22 Tiltrotor Is Doing Fine, Say Officials
Pentagon and Bell-Boeing officials have countered media reports that the V-22 Osprey has performed poorly in deployment.
Aircraft
A400M Negotiations Continue; German Cuts Discussed
Germany is negotiating to reduce the number of A400M airlifters that it will receive from Airbus Military.
EADS to bid alone for KC-X tanker
EADS has decided to bid the A330MRTT for the U.S.
Aircraft
Massive Cost Increase Projected for Lockheed Martin F-35
The average unit production cost for the F-35 is now predicted to be as high as $112 million in current dollars.
Aircraft
A400M Understanding Reached; EADS Declares a Loss
EADS will receive an extra €2 billion to continue the A400M program, as well as a loan of €1.5 billion to be repaid as a levy on future exports of the airl
Regulations and Government
BAE Systems Settles Illegal Payments Probes in U.S., UK
BAE Systems agreed to pay a $400 million fine to settle a U.S.
Rotorcraft
UK To Standardize on S-92 for Search and Rescue
The Sikorsky S-92A will take over search-and-rescue helicopter (SAR-H) duties in the UK, following selection of the Soteria Consortium by the UK Ministry o
Aircraft
IAI Reveals Tanker Proposal
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is proposing aerial tanker versions of business jets such as the Gulfstream G550.
Aircraft
A400M rescue goes past the wire
Airbus chief executive officer Tom Enders refused all comment on the A400M airlifter here yesterday as talks to continue the troubled project reached a cri
Aircraft
Lockheed Martin Insists F-35 Program is Just Fine
If Lockheed Martin is to be believed, there’s not much wrong with the F-35 program.
Marshall opens Aussie shop to serve Asia region
Marshall Aerospace has created an Australian subsidiary to spearhead a drive for more business in the Asia-Pacific region.
Aircraft
Gates Gets Tough on JSF Waste as F-35 Chief Pays with His Job
Confirmation of the serious problems in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter development came yesterday when U.S.
T-50 and M-346 face off in Singapore trainer bid
Singapore’s choice of an advanced jet training system is due next month and could be crucial to the future export prospects of Italy’s M-346 Master and Kor
Aircraft
Flight-testing Europe's huge new turboprop
Before the long-delayed first flight of the A400M, the new airlifter’s TP400 turboprop was flown 18 times on a C-130 flight test bed (FTB) modified and flo
