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                                                 Changing Dynamics

                                                 Advancements in technology have ensured that tomorrow’s wars
                      Publisher                  will not look anything like what the world has witnessed so far. A
                 Vittorio Rossi Prudente         common trend among militaries the world over is the preference
              vittorio.prudente@gbp.com.sg       for  assets  that keep  personnel  as far away from  danger  as
                        Editor                   possible. The  demand  for  weapons such  as unmanned  aerial
                      Jay Menon                  vehicles and loitering munitions is set to spike substantially in the
                jay.menon@gbp.com.sg             years to come.  With data link systems becoming more
                                                 sophisticated and  artificial intelligence/  machine  learning
                   Managing Editor
                  Arun Sivasankaran              opening the door  to countless  possibilities,  the  concept  of
             arun.sivasankaran@gbp.com.sg        manned-  unmanned  teaming  (MUM-T) of aerial  drones  with
                                                 manned aircraft has caught everyone’s attention.
                  Technology Editor
                     Atul Chandra
               atul.chandra@gbp.com.sg           Aero India gives India a chance a flaunt its growing aerospace
                                                 and defence  industry. With  self-reliance  in  defence  production
                ASEAN Correspondent              being the new motto, the country will highlight, at the event, the
                   Yulian Ardiansyah             increasing role the private sector has played in recent times in
             yulian.ardiansyah@gbp.com.sg        the sector. In other developments, India’s  armed forces  have
                     Contributors                increased their training exercises with foreign militaries. Defence
                    Gordon Arthur                analysts  see this  as  an acknowledgement of China’s  shadow
                   Reem Mohamed                  looming uneasily over the region.
                     Art Director                At IDEX in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates’ EDGE, which is one
                 Sudheesh Kularmunda
            sudheesh.kularmunda@gbp.com.sg       of the top 25 military suppliers in the world, will join other major
                                                 international defence  contractors  in exhibiting  the latest
                     Web Director                products and capabilities at the event. Both events will provide a
                    Elmer Valencia               platform for the global  defence industry  to showcase  its
               elmer.valencia@gbp.com.sg
                                                 near-total recovery from the pandemic.
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                  Akshay Satyamurthy             For  GBP Aerospace & Defence,  the two shows  will  mark  the
            akshay.satyamurthy@gbp.com.sg        beginning of yet another year of reporting live from some of the
                                                 major defence shows around the world. As usual, we promise to
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