USS Gabrielle Giffords

Striking Back

Raytheon’s Tomahawk cruise missile Block development provides new challenges to Kongsberg’s increasingly popular Naval Strike Missile. For a long time in the post-Cold War world,...
United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NROL-61 satellite

Rational Geographic

Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) is a key capability for national defence and security, in order to allow military forces to have detailed awareness of the...
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in London. (David Oliver)

Japan and UK Move Closer

Fumio Kishida was elected as Japan’s prime minister in October 2021. He was expected to support a strong alliance with the United States and...
UGV

Setting the Right Heading for UGVs

Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) have undeniable potential on the battlefield, but matching design to customer expectation is not necessarily an easy obstacle to overcome. Deploying...
CAESAR 155mm/52 calibre (6x6) self-propelled artillery system carrying out a fire mission. This one has a fully protected cab. (Nexter)

Wheeled artillery – the way ahead?

An increasing number of countries are now replacing their conventional tracked self-propelled artillery with wheeled SP, although each have their own advantages. Wheeled SP artillery...
Suffren class submarines

Silent Running

The increased popularity among navies to own their own submarine fleets are driving new advances in submarine propulsion. If the SEA 1000 submarine programme in...

Making Military Rotorcraft – An Insider’s Experience

Armada International gets the inside line on the military rotorcraft industry from an industry professional who has spend decades selling and promoting military rotorcraft. In...
Textron

War Without End?

In January 2015, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) transitioned to a non-combat support role to assist the Government of the Islamic Republic of...
RADA radar is integrated on the US Army IM-SHORAD

C-UAS – Solving the Detection Problem

Small unmanned systems are often difficult for engaged ground forces to detect - but help is at hand. As we have seen in the UAV...
Stingray air vehicle T1

Stingray: No Barb or Venom for Now

Published in the UAV supplement 2020/2021 – US Naval Air Systems Command is developing the world's first non-experimental air vehicle designed for carrier-based operations and...

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