[piasa]

I haven't been following Russian aerospace work in a long while- wonder what they have been up to lately in R&D? I'm sure they've been busy and I have to wonder if they and the French have been cooperating, seeing as how the French seem to think we're the biggest threat to their culture since corn on the cob.

[Atlantic Friend]

As I see it the French aircraft builders (and aerospace firms in general) have important partnerships with both Russian and US counterparts. A friend of mine has recently enjoyed a trip to Norfolk to make a lecture to your Navy about French results in "pulse reactors" (I'm not sure it translates exactly that way, though).