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How SIEM helps MSPs reduce noise and stop threats faster
MSPs are flooded with security alerts every day, yet many still struggle to separate operational noise from the threats that actually put customers at risk.
One of the biggest reasons is tool fragmentation. When security tools operate in silos, they often create duplicate alerts, blind spots and incomplete context.
Instead of gaining improved visibility, MSPs are left piecing together information across multiple consoles just to understand what’s happening in a client’s environment.
The impact goes beyond security. For MSPs trying to grow, retain clients and compete against larger providers, alert fatigue and operational inefficiency are becoming business problems too. That is why the conversation around unified security platforms such as SIEM has become increasingly crucial.
Fragmented security stacks create security gaps
Most MSP security stacks evolved gradually over time. One tool was added for endpoint visibility, another for cloud monitoring and another for email security or network traffic analysis.
Individually, these tools may generate useful detections, but they rarely work together in a meaningful way.
For example, a suspicious login may appear in an identity tool, unusual PowerShell activity may trigger an endpoint alert and outbound traffic spikes may show up in a network monitoring platform.
Viewed separately, each event may seem low priority. But together, they could indicate an attacker has compromised credentials, established persistence and started moving laterally across the environment.
Research reports show that 87% of intrusions now involve activity across multiple attack surfaces. At the same time, IBM’s 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report found that organizations take an average of 241 days to identify and contain a breach.
MSPs are not losing visibility because they lack tools. They are losing visibility because the tools are not working together.
Why SIEM has become essential for MSPs
Modern attacks rarely remain confined to a single area of the environment. Threat actors move between systems, user accounts, cloud applications and connected infrastructure as part of the same attack.
A modern SIEM changes that by giving MSPs a centralized view of activity across the entire environment while automatically correlating related events into a single investigation workflow.
Instead of technicians manually pivoting between consoles and chasing disconnected alerts, the platform connects signals into a cohesive attack narrative with the context teams need to act quickly.
For lean MSP teams, that becomes a force multiplier.
- Investigations move faster because technicians no longer waste hours reconstructing timelines across disconnected platforms.
- Threats are easier to identify because suspicious behavior can be tracked across multiple attack surfaces rather than being hidden in isolated alerts.
- Teams spend less time chasing noise and more time responding to incidents that could impact clients.
- Automated correlation and response reduce manual workloads, helping MSPs improve efficiency without constantly adding headcount.
That visibility is critical for reducing alert fatigue. Rather than overwhelming teams with isolated notifications and duplicate investigations, SIEM helps filter noise, prioritize meaningful incidents and surface the threats that require attention.
IT teams struggle to keep up with evolving cyberthreats across client environments. Limited resources and fragmented tools create alert overload and noise hiding threats.
Discover how unifying security data into actionable insights reduces fatigue and improves faster accurate detection and response.
The business case for SIEM is growing stronger
Kaseya’s 2026 State of the MSP Report found that winning new clients is becoming harder, competition is increasing and differentiation is difficult when most MSPs offer similar service stacks. Security, however, remains one of the few areas where MSPs have a growth opportunity.
Clients are paying closer attention to security maturity, response capabilities, compliance readiness and operational resilience. That creates a major opportunity for MSPs that can position security as more than just another toolset.
SIEM sits at the center of that conversation because it helps MSPs improve both security outcomes and operational efficiency at the same time.
The key is learning how to position that value correctly.
- Make the invisible visible. Most clients assume they are protected because they have antivirus and a firewall. Show them — with a demo or a report — how many signals their environment generates across endpoints, cloud and identity that go uninvestigated without unified visibility. The gap becomes real the moment they can see it.
- Sell confidence, not coverage. The question your clients are really asking is, “If something happens, will you catch it?” Your pitch should answer that question directly. Unified detection, automated response and 24/7 SOC support mean the answer is yes, and you can prove it.
- Bundle it as a business continuity conversation. Cyber insurance providers, regulators and enterprise procurement teams increasingly require demonstrable security posture. Positioning SIEM not just as protection but as a compliance and insurability enabler makes it a business necessity rather than a cost.
MSPs that can connect security operations to measurable business outcomes will become far harder to replace and far less likely to compete on price alone.
Closing the detection gap with Kaseya SIEM
MSPs are often forced to choose between two difficult options. Traditional enterprise SIEM platforms can be expensive, complex to manage and difficult for lean teams to fully operationalize.
On the other hand, lightweight managed alternatives may simplify operations but often come with visibility, customization and response limitations.
The result is a frustrating tradeoff. Overpay for complexity that many teams cannot effectively use or settle for tools that cannot deliver full visibility into modern threats.
MSPs need a middle ground that provides enterprise-grade detection and response capabilities without adding overwhelming operational overhead.
Kaseya SIEM is designed to fill that gap.
- Unified visibility: With visibility across more than 60 data sources, Kaseya SIEM unifies endpoint, network and cloud telemetry into a single dashboard with automated response capabilities and 24/7 SOC support built in.
- Fast automated response: Kaseya SIEM helps MSPs react in minutes instead of hours with automated response actions that work across cloud and endpoint environments simultaneously. Teams can isolate devices, block accounts, flag suspicious sessions and trigger response workflows automatically.
- Smarter investigations with AI: Kaseya SIEM uses AI to simplify investigations and reduce alert fatigue for MSP teams. Its AI-powered interrogation chatbot allows technicians to query security data using natural language, while behavior-based detections help uncover suspicious activity that traditional rules-based systems may miss.
- Proactive security recommendations: The platform can also recommend alert suppressions for known-good behavior, surface indicators of compromise, suggest PowerFilters to reduce noise and provide Microsoft tenant hardening recommendations to proactively strengthen security posture.
Turning signals into answers
The signals are already there.
In most breach postmortems, the indicators existed in the logs long before the incident escalated. The problem was that no one connected them fast enough to act.
The MSPs that will stand out are those that can reduce noise, improve visibility and turn disconnected alerts into actionable insights.
Our eBook, Finding signal in the noise, shows how.
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Marshall’s prolific 2026 continues with the launch of the Stockwell II wireless speaker, which boasts some pretty big specs.
The Stockwell II was one of our favourite Bluetooth speakers when it launched, so we’re looking forward to seeing how Marshall can improve, and on paper, there are some big improvements.
But before that, let’s start with sustainability. The Stockwell III introduces replaceable and modular components, a list which includes the battery, carry strap, silicone sleeve as well as the front and rear grilles to ensure that the Stockwell III can last as long as possible without the need for a full replacement if it gets damaged.
To help its longevity, battery life has been expanded from the Stockwell II’s 20+ to 40+, practically double the battery life than before. The speaker can also act as a powerbank for other devices (such as your mobile device).
Marshall’s True Stereophonic 360 sound has made its way to the Stockwell III, offering consistent audio from whichever angle the speaker is placed to ensure there’s no ‘sweet spots’. Dynamic Loudness also features, taking care of managing bass, mid and treble at any volume and keeping them in balance.
The design remains practically the same, with its vertical silhouette and guitar-inspired PU leather strap and velvet lining. Controls have been updated to make it easier to access presets with the M-button or skip tracks with the media jog. An IP55 rating means that it’s not fully waterproof, but can survive a dip into water for a small amount of time. That’s still a jump up from the Stockwell II’s IPX4 rating.
Pricing is within reach of the older model in some markets, but overall it is more expensive. The Marshall Stockwell III has a price of £199.99 / $249.99 / €229.99 with availability in August (you can register interest in the speaker now). Colours are a choice of Black and Brass, and Cream.
This story is part of a series commemorating the five-year anniversary of the Voices of Change fellowship. Avery Thrush, a former Voice of Change fellow, is currently a LEE Fellow at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Reading my articles from the fellowship feels like reading diary entries. They’re raw, honest and they reflect how much I was struggling with teaching at the time. Overwhelm is apparent. So is frustration. As a teacher who was impacted by COVID-19 and the year of fully remote learning for students, the Voices of Change fellowship gave me the space to reflect and name the questions that had brought me to teaching in the first place. Since leaving the classroom almost two years ago, I’ve returned to writing frequently to work through the questions teaching left me with.
Having attended Title I public schools myself, I entered the classroom seeking a lens through which to understand my school experiences. As I became more interested in education as an engine of social mobility, I wanted to understand why some kids learned to read and some did not. I wanted to understand why some schools had more resources than others. I wanted to understand why some kids went to college, and some did not. Teaching felt like a way to move closer to those answers.
The process of learning these answers was swift and painful. The stark reality was playing out in front of me every day as I taught at a public charter school during the day and then drove to the suburbs in the evenings to tutor for extra cash. I quickly saw how rarely student success is the product of a single school or teacher, but rather an aligned system of supports that begins at birth.
So here’s what I learned: some kids can read because their schools taught phonics and screened for reading disabilities in kindergarten. Some schools have more resources because housing policy and decades of segregation shaped property values and neighborhood composition. Some kids go to college because they benefited from networks of financial and familial stability, giving them resilience through challenges like the SAT, the Common App and FAFSA. The questions I began with spun out into winding tangles of policy choices, zip codes, race and class.
I’ve come to understand that the grief I felt at leaving the classroom was more than being overwhelmed and overworked — it was the undoing of my belief that education was society’s great equalizer. It was also the realization that I had been lucky; my graduation from high school and matriculation to a four-year college was as much a function of my family’s assumption from birth that I would go to college as it was my academic performance or the opportunities my schools offered.
Achieving academically was easy because I had stable housing, good health care and a network of loving and supportive adults. Had I experienced any learning challenges, they would have been swiftly addressed by my white-collar parents, who are comfortable speaking with educated professionals. Students spend the vast majority of their lives before the age of 18 outside of school. Teaching revealed how profoundly the promise of education depends on systems beyond the classroom.
That isn’t to say that schools and teachers cannot move the needle for students. Teachers grow their students every day in ways that feel nothing short of miraculous. You’d be hard-pressed to find an adult who cannot name a teacher who made a difference in their life. But the biggest gains for students occur when the systems around schools align to support the work teachers are doing — when children arrive at school healthier, safer and more secure in their lives outside the classroom.
On this front, there are two movements I’ve been paying attention to, one that brings me hope and one that makes me nervous. In graduate school, I learned about place-based partnerships, initiatives that bring stakeholders in health care, housing, education, youth services, local government and philanthropy into alignment around shared goals for supporting children and families. The most famous example is the Harlem Children’s Zone, but the model has spread widely. Organizations like StriveTogether now support networks of communities working toward cradle-to-career outcomes. Partners for Rural Impact is helping rural communities coordinate services for children across schools and social supports. Here in Boston, the Boston Children’s Council is bringing together city agencies, nonprofits and schools to think more holistically about the conditions shaping children’s lives.
What gives me hope about these efforts is that they acknowledge something teachers already know: students do not arrive at school as blank slates each morning. They arrive carrying the cumulative effects of housing stability, health-care access, nutrition, family income and community safety. Place-based partnerships represent a policy approach that supports teachers by strengthening the ecosystems around them rather than asking schools to solve poverty alone.
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What makes me more uneasy is the direction some of the frustration with public education has taken. If we spent decades telling ourselves that schools were the great equalizer, then the persistence of large racial and economic achievement gaps, especially in the wake of COVID frustrations, can feel like a failure of the institution itself.
In my home state of West Virginia, that frustration has helped fuel support for the Hope Scholarship, the nation’s only universal education savings account program, which has deleterious impacts on the public education system most students rely on. Policies like this are often framed as empowering families with choice, but I worry they also reflect a disillusionment with the project of public schools as engines of democracy. It is my belief that many of the inequities in public education were never fully within schools’ control to address.
My experience as a teacher, and now as a policy practitioner, has convinced me that the path forward is not to abandon public schools, but to surround them with stronger systems of support for children and families. The question I find myself paying closest attention to now is how policy can help build those systems: partnerships that allow teachers to do what they already do best, while ensuring the conditions outside the classroom make their work possible.
This story is part of an EdSurge series chronicling diverse educator experiences. These stories are made publicly available with support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. EdSurge maintains editorial control over all content. (Read our ethics statement here.) This work is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
Avery Thrush is a West Virginia native and former educator.
Apple’s iPadOS 27 update is shaping up to be less about one headline feature and more about pulling the whole system closer together with Apple Intelligence is running through the middle of it.
The biggest shift is Siri, which is getting a major upgrade into what Apple is now calling “Siri AI”. Instead of short, scripted requests, Siri AI can now handle natural conversations and follow-up questions.
Additionally, it can tap into personal context on the device. That means it can surface old emails, find specific photos from years ago, or pull up notes without users having to remember exact file names or locations. Apple is also pushing this further with actions inside apps. For example, Siri can do things like edit a recently sent message, add music to a playlist, or help manage reminders based on what you’re currently doing.
There’s also a new dedicated Siri app, which acts as a kind of hub for conversations across Apple devices. You can start a request on iPhone and pick it up on iPad without losing context. This feels like Apple trying to make Siri less of a one-off interaction and more of an ongoing assistant.
Alongside Siri, Apple Intelligence is being woven more deeply into everyday apps. In Photos, that shows up as smarter editing tools, including reframing shots after the fact and expanding images beyond their original borders. Safari gets more practical upgrades too. For example, tabs can automatically group by topic. There is also a new “Notify Me” feature that alerts users when something changes on a page, like a price drop or restock.
The system-wide push continues in Messages and Mail, where Apple Intelligence suggests quick actions based on context. For instance, it can add events to your calendar or pull up relevant photos. There’s also a new Image Playground tool for generating and modifying images from simple prompts. This fits into Apple’s broader move toward description-based input across the system.
Shortcuts is another big beneficiary. Instead of building automations step by step, users can now just describe what they want. Then iPadOS will assemble the shortcut automatically. It’s the same idea Apple is pushing everywhere else: you say what you want, and the system figures out the structure behind it.
Visually, iPadOS 27 also brings refinements to the Liquid Glass design, improving contrast and readability. At the same time, users can adjust how translucent or tinted the interface looks. It’s not a dramatic redesign. Still, it does tighten up the overall feel of the system, especially on larger displays.
There are more practical upgrades too. Passwords can now flag weak or compromised credentials and update them automatically, while Safari and file transfers are noticeably faster. Apple also says performance improvements extend to app launches and AirDrop, making the system feel more responsive in day-to-day use.
On the safety side, Apple is expanding parental controls with more granular setup options, website approval requests through Ask to Browse, and clearer visibility into how children are using their devices. Communication Safety is also being extended to better handle harmful content in shared media.
Expect the software to arrive later this year, and there’s a developer beta available now.
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‘This is Seattle’s position on AI’: City Council votes unanimously to pause big new data centers
The city that gave the world cloud computing just hit pause on the machines that power it.
The Seattle City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to impose a one-year emergency moratorium on new large data centers inside the city limits, responding to concerns about the implications of AI for the city’s power grid, water supply, utility rates, and economy.
The moratorium would take effect as soon as Mayor Katie Wilson signs it, temporarily halting projects like several large data centers that companies have approached Seattle City Light about building in the city. Those projects reportedly had a combined peak demand equal to about a third of Seattle’s average daily power consumption.
“This is Seattle’s position on AI and data centers,” said Councilmember Debora Juarez, who sponsored the council’s resolution on data center policy. She drew cheers from the audience at the meeting when she said she would halt AI and data center development entirely if she could.
It’s a major statement in a region that’s home to Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, as well as engineering centers for Google, Oracle, Meta and other companies collectively spending hundreds of billions of dollars on data centers globally to meet demand for AI.
The moratorium puts Seattle among the largest U.S. cities to halt the industry’s buildout, joining Minneapolis, Denver, Baltimore, and Indianapolis in a wave of local pushback.
The council approved two measures: an ordinance halting applications for data centers with electrical capacity of more than 20 megavolt-amperes — enough power for thousands of homes — and a resolution committing the city to study their impacts as a precursor to permanent regulations.
The vote followed weeks of escalating public pressure. More than 50 people testified Tuesday, and not one spoke in favor of data centers. Many argued the moratorium doesn’t go far enough, calling for a permanent ban. Councilmembers said they received more than 98,000 emails on the issue.
Some of the most pointed testimony came from inside the industry.
Members of Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, who also testified at two meetings last week, urged the council to add renewable energy requirements and labor protections, and called for an end to what one AECJ member called the industry’s race “to build out as much compute capacity as they can, as fast as they can, before regulations can catch up.”
“It’s great to see this council choose to empower ordinary people and workers over those who see them as expendable,” said Srija Nagireddy, an AECJ member, citing layoffs this year at Amazon and Meta amid record earnings.
Councilmember Bob Kettle offered the closest thing to a defense of the facilities, distinguishing hyperscale projects from what he called “traditional data centers” — including one downtown that he said heats a half-dozen nearby buildings and supports the city’s first responders. His amendment to the resolution, adopted unanimously, specified that AI is driving demand for “hyperscale” facilities, and added the reliance of government, healthcare, and education on existing data centers to the city’s study list.
Notably, neither Amazon nor Microsoft operates data centers in Seattle itself. Kettle pointed out during the meeting that Amazon’s facilities cluster in Oregon, while Microsoft’s data center presence in the state is in Quincy, the central Washington town transformed by cheap Columbia River hydropower. That means the moratorium’s immediate effect falls on data center developers rather than the tech giants.
The ordinance exempts the roughly 30 smaller data centers already operating in Seattle, allowing each to expand by up to another 20 megavolt-amperes, which is the same amount as the threshold of the moratorium on new facilities.
Mayor Wilson, who first floated the idea of a moratorium in April, is expected to sign the legislation. City departments would then develop permanent data center regulations, with zoning legislation expected to reach the council by early 2027.
The fate of one project — Digital Realty’s proposed facility at 301 Virginia St., filed 11 days before the vote — remains unclear. Whether the moratorium can halt an application already in the pipeline is likely a question for permitting officials and possibly the courts.
Samsung refreshed its smartwatch lineup with careful attention to daily comfort and practical health details that many people actually use. The Galaxy Watch 8, priced at $290 (was $350), arrives in two sizes and focuses on longer battery stretches, a brighter screen, and several new measurements that go beyond basic step counts or heart rate. For anyone eyeing an Apple Watch alternative while carrying an Android phone, this model presents a clear case worth examining closely.
The case now has a thinner cushion contour that sits very flat against your wrist. Its 8.6mm thickness makes it feel significantly lighter over long periods of use, and the aluminum body is available in both graphite and silver finishes, which look great and are really versatile. The bands now have an enhanced lug system that keeps the sensors close to your skin without pinching or leaving gaps. This causes many people to forget they are wearing the watch, even overnight, which is a huge step forward in terms of making it usable throughout the day.
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The 40mm model features a 1.34-inch Super AMOLED screen with 438 × 438 resolution. It has a maximum brightness of 3000 nits, allowing you to use it in direct sunlight while the competition fades out. Because to efficiency improvements elsewhere in the hardware, the always-on option now functions without depleting your battery’s life. The battery capacity has been increased to 325 mAh for the 40mm model and 435 mAh for the 44mm. Samsung claims up to 30 hours of use with the always-on display turned on, but real-world tests show ranging from 24-36 hours depending on how frequently you use features like workout tracking, notifications, and the built-in Gemini AI.
People who purchase these watches primarily for health tracking will discover some surprising capabilities built in. The BioActive sensor suite uses bioelectrical impedance to determine your heart rate, blood oxygen, ECG, and body composition, which is a fairly standard set of capabilities at this level. New features include an antioxidant index that shows how your skin is performing in terms of carotenoid levels; simply press your thumb on the sensor to find out where you are. The vascular load feature then analyzes your data overnight to assess how much strain your circulatory system has been under and suggests improvements to your sleep or exercise regimen. They also detect sleep apnea, which checks for dips in oxygen levels, and in countries where it is FDA approved, it works completely. In addition, you will obtain an energy score that offers a snapshot of your daily sleep and movement habits.
Fitness features have also been improved. Following a brief test run, the running coach develops a personalized plan for you and delivers real-time pace recommendations and progress reports as you exercise. The dual frequency GPS (L1 and L5) is very handy because it allows you to correctly locate your location even in challenging conditions, and the heart rate zones adjust to your specific data and track more advanced metrics if you enjoy cycling or swimming. These utilities can be used without a Samsung phone, although a recent Galaxy handset offers some additional features.
Wear OS 6 is the operating system, with Samsung’s One UI Watch 8 built on top; the interface helps to arrange all current information into tiles that may be modified to match your specific needs. Google Gemini sits on your wrist and can remind you of things, answer questions, and execute follow-up tasks all without requiring you to take out your phone.
Anthropic has begun rolling out a new model called “Fable,” which is based on the same underlying model as Mythos, its most powerful AI model class.
Anthropic previously said that it developed a model called “Mythos,” which is a state-of-the-art model that poses security risks to companies around the world.
At that time, Anthropic noted that Mythos was powerful enough to potentially help bad actors attack public and private software.
“The advantage will belong to the side that can get the most out of these tools,” Anthropic warned in April when it announced the Mythos model.
“In the short term, this could be attackers, if frontier labs aren’t careful about how they release these models. In the long term, we expect it will be defenders who will more efficiently direct resources and use these models to fix bugs before new code ever ships.”
In other words, it could have been abused to find and exploit vulnerabilities in apps like Firefox.
Because of those risks, Anthropic decided to limit access to models like Mythos and offer them only to cybersecurity experts and trusted companies.
Now, Anthropic says it has developed strong guardrails for the same model class, which means these powerful AI models can no longer be easily exploited by bad actors.
As a result, it’s launching a safer version called “Fable 5.”
Source: BleepingComputer
According to Anthropic, this model has strict safeguards in place that will block or divert sensitive queries, like those involving offensive cybersecurity, biology, or chemistry, to its previous model, Opus 4.8.
Claude Mythos 5 is the unrestricted version of that same model, with those safeguards lifted.
Because of the risks involved, it is only available to a highly vetted group of trusted partners, such as government cyberdefenders and specific life sciences researchers.
Fable 5 is free for a limited time, and it consumes tokens faster than any other model.
Anthropic says Fable 5 is an expensive model because it requires a lot of compute, which means the company cannot afford to make it available as easily as Opus 4.8 or its previous models.
However, until June 22, Anthropic says Fable 5 will be offered to all Pro, Max, and Enterprise customers, but after the window expires, it’ll switch to usage-based pricing.
In our tests, BleepingComputer observed that Fable 5 uses a massive amount of tokens in a span of minutes.
Source: BleepingComputer
I particularly noticed this behaviour when I used Workflow, a new execution system that allows Claude to break complex prompts into smaller tasks and spin up parallel subagents to implement them.
Claude Fable 5 exhausted my $100 Max subscription’s daily usage, which was at zero when I started using it, in just 9 minutes
Source: BleepingComputer
This doesn’t happen when you casually interact with Claude Fable 5, but if you switch to Workflow mode and change model thinking to high, you’re going to consume all your tokens in minutes.
However, even if you don’t use Fable 5 with workflow in xhigh effort, you’re still going to consume it 2 times faster than Opus model.
This explains why Anthropic is hesitating to unlock Fable 5 in the same capacity as Opus and other models, but that could change in the coming weeks, as the company is known for nerfing its models and increasing the capacity later.
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Aircraft at core of the Future Combat Air System canned as parties could not decide who leads on the work
One of Europe’s two major next-gen fighter aircraft programs has been hit hard by differences between France and Germany, the two main participants, leaving the UK-Italy-Japan’s Tempest as the main contender.
Reports say that the Future Combat Air System (FCAS, or Système de Combat Aérien du Futur – SCAF – in French) has been shelved by German Chancellor Merz and French President Macron.
The program dates back to at least 2017, and was expected to produce a test flight of a technology demonstration airframe by 2026 or 2027, with the aircraft coming in to operational service by 2040.
According to German publication Der Spiegel, the French firm Dassault and the European Airbus group could not agree on how to divide up the work on the project, nor on the patent rights for new developments.
However, it is also understood there were differences in the requirements, with France needing a replacement for the Rafale jet that must be capable of operating from an aircraft carrier, while the Germans were beginning to question the need for any crewed fighter aircraft in light of drone developments.
French publication Le Monde says Merz and Macron “reached the shared assessment that the companies will not be able to come together on building a joint combat aircraft.” It goes on to say that other parts of the wide-ranging project will continue.
This refers to FCAS being more than just about a single aircraft; the program also envisioned drone aircraft to accompany the crewed fighter, and a communications system “combat cloud” to link them together, described as a “nervous system that networks aircraft, drones and other components into an integrated whole.”
The program also drew participation from other European nations, such as Spain and Belgium, and it isn’t clear what these nations will choose to do next. It is likely that France will pursue its own next-gen aircraft that meets its own requirements, as happened with Rafale, while the Financial Times reports that Airbus is keen to lead a consortium to develop a new pan-European fighter jet to replace FCAS.
We asked both Dassault and Airbus to comment for this article.
There is another next-gen combat aircraft project already underway: the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP), which is a tri-partite effort between the UK, Italy and Japan. This aims to replace the Eurofighter Typhoon in service with the British and Italian air forces, and the Mitsubishi F-2 operated by Japan. The British version of the jet is currently known as Tempest.
GCAP was proceeding well, but the current UK prevarication over defense spending is proving to be a roadblock to ongoing development, as a long-term multinational contract for the project cannot be signed until the Starmer government pulls its finger out and publishes its delayed defense investment plan.
If all goes well, GCAP/Tempest is expected to enter service by 2035, but the planned 2027 date for a demonstrator aircraft to fly is already looking unlikely.
Elsewhere, the US is developing its own sixth-generation fighter under the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program, to be built by Boeing as the F-47 and expected to enter service possibly as soon as the early 2030s.
Questions have been raised over whether this will be chosen by European air forces, however, President Trump previously warned that the capabilities of any exported aircraft would be deliberately downgraded.
This follows issues with the in-service F-35, which has seen long delays in key software upgrades, preventing the RAF and Royal Navy from using European-made weapons with their aircraft. ®
There is a company in China that is reproducing the bodies for a variety of well-loved classic cars. This company is called the Jiangsu Juncheng Vehicle Industry Co., and it is located in Baoying, about a three-hour train ride to the north of Shanghai. Hagerty recently sent Larry Chen to Baoying, where he made a video about this factory and how they make the parts for these bodies. Keep in mind that these Chinese-made bodies are replicas of actual classics, as opposed to vehicles like the 500HP Lamborghini Miura that’s actually a Pontiac Fiero in disguise.
The current list of bodies that are available from the Jiangsu Juncheng Vehicle Industry Co. include the Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser, the first-generation Ford Bronco, the Datsun 240Z, the Toyota AE86, and the Volkswagen Type 1 Bus. According to the Hagerty video, pricing starts at about $9,500 for either the Datsun 240Z or the Toyota AE86 bodies. The company’s latest addition to its lineup is the 1967 Ford Mustang, which goes for $16,000. These prices are only possible because the company does 95% of the work required to make these bodies within the walls of their own factory. From the sand castings to the production of the dies to a staggering amount of hand work on these parts, nearly everything is done in-house.
Upcoming bodies from the company include the Porsche 911 964 and potentially even the Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing. Those two will cost around $18,000 each, thanks to the more complex nature of making these high-end German bodies.
How did this company get started on making brand-new bodies for classic cars?
The Jiangsu Juncheng Vehicle Industry Co., which had been making new car parts, got started in classic-related parts when Land Rover Defender owners were searching for various replacement body parts. After producing a wide variety of different Defender body parts, the company realized that it could make complete bodies and sell them, too. Their off-road lineup added the popular early Bronco body, with more than 600 made. The sportier Toyota AE86 was added, which became very popular in China after 2005’s “Initial D” movie, made in Hong Kong, was viewed by Chinese audiences. These bodies are perfect for making a restomod project car.
The process of producing these bodies starts with the company acquiring two examples of the vehicle being reproduced, which must be unmodified and as close to original specs as possible. One of the samples is completely taken apart, while the other is used to verify that the quality of the reproduced parts matches the originals. This is particularly difficult because none of their currently-made vehicles were ever sold as new cars in China. Each individual part of the car is 3D-scanned before a stamping die is made from it. A large number of CNC machines are combined with stations where the parts are finished by hand. Additional production processes include stamping, welding of subassemblies, and assembly of the complete body. Painting by the factory is also available.
These Chinese-made bodies are a great starting point for one of the coolest restomods ever built. Just add the mechanicals, glass, wiring and electricals, and an interior, and you’re good to go.
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I’ve changed jobs more times than I ever imagined I would. In the past 12 years, I’ve worked at seven different organizations. Some of those moves were forced by layoffs. Others were deliberate bets on my own trajectory.
Job hopping, done strategically, is one of the fastest ways to accelerate your compensation and reinvent your professional identity. Engineers who understand when to move and when to stay tend to out-earn and out-rank their peers who simply wait for internal recognition.
Unfortunately, most engineers either job hop too much or not enough, and both mistakes are expensive. Here are the pros and cons of job hopping as an engineer, and when to make a leap.
Pro: It’s the fastest way to grow your salary
Internal raises and external offers operate on completely different logic, and most engineers don’t fully appreciate this until they make their first move.
Within a company, compensation is anchored to your existing salary and capped by organizational pay bands. A strong performance review might get you 5 to 8 percent.
An external offer is a clean slate. The company is bidding for your market value, not adjusting from your current baseline.
My first deliberate job hop doubled my salary in a single year. A later move, at the same job title, pushed my compensation floor to a level that I never would have reached by staying put. Neither outcome was available internally. The math simply does not work in your favor when you stay.
Pro: It lets you reinvent yourself
Every new company is a chance to walk in as a slightly updated version of yourself: the version that learned something from the last place. The version that does not carry the baggage of whatever decision you made two years ago that all your coworkers still remember.
Especially when you’re early in your career, this matters. You get to reframe your experience, take on a different scope, and establish a new reputation from scratch. That kind of reset is difficult to manufacture inside the same organization.
Con: You don’t see the long-term outcome of your work
This is the part nobody talks about, and it took me years to fully appreciate it.
When I joined one company, I built a component library for a website from scratch. Starting projects from scratch is exciting, and the initial implementation held up well for the early use cases. But as the organization scaled, the limitations of my original design became apparent.
I stayed long enough to address them rather than handing that problem to someone else. That experience taught me more about software architecture than any new project ever had.
Engineers who move every 18 months only ever experience the exciting part of building something. They never experience the part where their original decisions stop working. They just repeat the exciting part on a loop, never realizing the debt they are leaving behind.
Con: You cannot job hop your way to a promotion
Above a certain level, things can change significantly.
A new employer can evaluate your past performance through interviews, portfolios, and references. What they cannot do is evaluate your future potential the way a manager who has watched you grow over two or three years can. If you arrive as a senior engineer, you will almost certainly be hired as one.
The promotions that actually changed my career trajectory—from senior to staff engineer, then engineering manager—all happened at one organization over four years. Those transitions required someone to observe my growth over time and make a bet on where I was headed next. That kind of credibility cannot be transferred on a resume.
So when should you actually leave?
The threshold I use is straightforward. If I have produced at least one measurable, clearly definable outcome at an organization, I have a reasonable basis for leaving. Impact, not tenure, is my unit of measure.
I personally think that moving deliberately while early in your career will build a strong compensation baseline.
Then become selective.
Find an environment where real growth is available and stay long enough to build the credibility that job hopping cannot manufacture. Neither constant movement nor blind loyalty is the answer. The question worth asking at every stage is simple: Have I produced something meaningful here yet? If the answer is no, stay. If yes, it might be time to decide what’s next.
—Brian
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