Armoured Vehicles – Combat Compendium

Armoured vehicles come in many shapes and sizes, with differing roles. This compendium will examine two categories: armoured fighting vehicles (AFV) used for direct...
Polish soldier from the GROM unit

Special Effects

The contemporary operating environment remains an extremely busy one for international Special Operations Forces (SOF), as governments continue to recognise and further extend their...

Transforming the Royal Air Force

Air Marshal Andrew Turner, deputy commander, Capability provides an insight into the intellectually driven ASTRA - the plan to transform the Royal Air Force...
Cummins-ACE

Cummins Advanced Combat Engine (ACE) Displays Revolutionary New Capabilities

An opposed-piston diesel engine that works on a two-stroke combustion cycle and produces roughly 1,000-horsepower without the need for a valvetrain may sound like...
Anka-UAV-Office-of-the-Turkish-Presidency

EW Systems Support Turkish Syria Offensive

The Turkish government has confirmed that its armed forces are using electronic warfare systems to support military operations in north-eastern Syria. Professor Fahrettin Altun, the...
Elbit Soltam smoothbore 120mm mortar

Over The Top

Mortars are a class of artillery. They differ from guns which have a low, flat trajectory best suited for engaging targets by direct fire...

Beginning of the End for F-35?

The United States Air Force’s (USAF) Warfighting Integration Capability (AFWIC) office has drawn up a new future fighter roadmap that would cap Lockheed Martin...
FN-MK48-SOFIC

FN Introduces 6.5mm SAW

Stephen W. Miller - FN America displayed its MK48 Mod 2 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) prototype chambered for the 6.5mm Creedmoor (CR) round at...
UAV-Technology-2020

3 weeks to go until UAV Technology 2020

SMi reports: New Speaker announced for UAV Technology Conference – 3 weeks to go.  There is less than 3 weeks left until the UAV Technology...
BAE Systems’ Mk.38 Mod.3

Up Close and Personal

Close-In Weapons Systems are effectively the ‘last line of defence’ for naval vessels. CIWS have evolved in recent years as the immediate threats to...

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