Mid-air motivation
The Paris Air Show 2009 can help demonstrate the aerospace industry's role in sustaining world co-operation and security, urges the International Institute for Strategic Studies' Andrew Brookes

The king of capabilities
As naval aviation celebrates its centenary, FLY NAVY Heritage Chairman Rear Admiral Terry Loughran heralds the Joint Strike Fighter as a fitting successor aircraft for the Fleet Air Arm

Fail-safe falling
FS Christopher Gee, of the Parachute Engineering Facility at Royal Air Force Brize Norton, provides a brief history of military parachute maintenance, and reviews the role of today's systems

An icy encounter
Cranfield University's Dr Craig Lawson explores the potential enhancement of MALE UAV capability by the addition of an electrically powered ice protection system (IPS)

Predatory improvement
Chief of the 3rd Department of the Italian Air Staff Major General Paolo Magro discusses the operational experience of the air force's Unmanned Aircraft System, and its future prospects

Optimising imagery
K Todd Holland and David Lalejini, of the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), offer insight into littoral mapping using small unmanned aerial systems

Simulation supports but does not take over live flying
Major Dan McBride tells DMJ about the uses and benefits of synthetic environments and simulation aids at the Defence Helicopter Flying School

Meaningful maintenance
When it comes to depth support operations, experience is a key asset as long as it's properly employed, believes Vector Aerospace UK's Trevor Pritchard