Turrets Syndrome
Vehicle turrets are growing increasingly sophisticated in a number of areas, from advances in ammunition to different uses of automation. There has been a...
Guardrail Goodbye
At fifty years old, the US Army’s Guardrail series of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) aircraft are looking at a well-deserved retirement.
The Guardrail concept employed a...
Under the Gun
On 25 October 2016, representatives from across the small arms industry met with military programme managers at the US Army Armament Research, Development and...
Wheels of Fortune
There is growing recognition that protecting soldiers while providing tactical mobility under fire is critical to battlefield success not only in conventional conflicts but...
Radio Programmes
The erstwhile Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) programme continues to dominate tactical radio procurement for the United States armed forces, with new waveforms and...
US Army Seeks a Sub Machine Gun (SMG)
Since the final retirement of the submachine gun (SMG), cal. .45, M3A1 ‘Grease Gun’ in the mid-1990s, the United States military has been without...
Electric Shock
The People’s Republic of China has called for ‘electromagnetic attacks’ against US Navy warships in the South China Sea.
The Warning
The warning was articulated via...
Dutch airborne troops choose the Mercedes-Benz G-Class
After 20 years, the majority of the G-Model off-road vehicles used by the Dutch military are to be replaced. In their place will come...
Special Forces evolve to counter The (Un)Expected
The strategic importance of Special Operations Forces (SOF) has never been higher as more capabilities are demanded of relatively small forces called to operate...
How Not To Be Seen
Modern armed forces must adopt a mix of tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs), standard operating procedures (SOPs) and technology in order to successfully execute...