Aircraft
Air Content Boosts Britain’s DSEI Show
Air systems featured more in this year’s DSEI show than in previous years. Airbus Military promoted the C-295 (top left); MBDA received a contract for the Sea Ceptor missile (top right); UTC revealed a new inertial measurement unit for MBDA missiles (bottom left); and EADS Cassidian revealed the reverse IFF technique. (Photos Airbus Military,  MBDA, UTC and EADS Cassidian)
Air systems featured more in this year’s DSEI show than in previous years. Airbus Military promoted the C-295 (top left); MBDA received a contract for the Sea Ceptor missile (top right); UTC revealed a new inertial measurement unit for MBDA missiles (bottom left); and EADS Cassidian revealed the reverse IFF technique. (Photos Airbus Military, MBDA, UTC and EADS Cassidian)

The Defence Security and Equipment International (DSEI) in London this week was supported by more than 1,500 exhibitors, with 30,000 visitors from around the world expected, according to organizer Clarion Events. DSEI’s main focus has traditionally been on land, naval and security equipment. But a number of exhibitors this year featured air systems, and the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) ran a series of seminars in which senior officers outlined the service’s capabilities and future plans.