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That’ll be the Daewoo
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- Business and Politics, Land, Sea and Air
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The long awaited Fleet Tanker of the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability (MARS) project has been awarded to Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering of Korea Four of the 200m tankers will be obtained in the £452m deal This is a quick post to which I will probably add to later. Some older links on the subject http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2010/02/fdr-maritime-at-sea-replenishment/ http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2010/12/the-future-of-the-royal-navy-11-logistics-and-support/

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Whatever happened to them Gucci ladders?
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- Land, Sea and Air
- 5 comments
The time stamp for the image below is as follows This photo was taken on January 21, 2012 Those ladders look like the plain old common or garden variety Back in February 2010 I bemoaned the lack of engineering technical expertise within DE&S, not that it isn’t there but what is there is obviously in short supply which results in [...]

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BAE Systems Ground Combat Vehicle
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- Land, Sea and Air
- 25 comments
Its not really UK related and therefore slightly outside of the remit of Think Defence but still interesting nevertheless, even though the future of the GCV programme seems uncertain. BAE have released a few images of their solution… Click to enlarge

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The Price of an F35
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- Land, Sea and Air
- 80 comments
Does anyone actually know, not Peter Luff, Minister of State for Defence Equipment The honest answer is we don’t know. The Americans are not reducing the total numbers of JSF but changing the profile of those purchases. Other partner nations are indicating they are going to reduce their actual off take. This is likely to have implications for JSF prices [...]

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81mm Precision Mortars
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- Land, Sea and Air
- 9 comments
Jed produced a fantastic post a week or two ago on the range of mortar options available and how they might be used. Click here to read it. This bit of news popped into the newsreader this afternoon General Dynamics and BAE Systems have demonstrated a precision guided 81mm mortar round, or should that be bomb! The question I think [...]

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Lightweight Multirole Missile
- By Think Defence
- Land, Sea and Air
- 108 comments
Although there has been much attention given to the the guided 70mm rockets like CRV7-PG and APWKS II the LMM has quietly progressed, contract award was in April last year, is due for qualification testing this year, is expected to start production in 2013 and enter service with the Royal Navy from 2015. As part of the Team Complex Weapons [...]

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Vehicle Protection
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- Land, Sea and Air
- 26 comments
In the previous post on this theme I looked at mobility factors but if a military vehicle is to have any utility on the battlefield it must be protected from enemy. Threats Threats to a vehicle, and by definition, its occupants come from many sources. MINES and IED’s The need to protect vehicles against mines is hardly new but in [...]

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More Mobility Concepts – Articulation
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- Land, Sea and Air
- 18 comments
Following on from our recent discussion vehicle mobility this is a video mini-series looking at how vehicle designers approach the need for mobility. The need for extreme mobility in adverse conditions has delivered some extremely interesting solutions that go beyond the traditional wheels v tracks debate. It is generally accepted that for serious mobility, especially where low surface compaction or [...]

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More Mobility Concepts – Hybrid Wheel Tracks
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- Land, Sea and Air
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Following on from our recent discussion vehicle mobility this is a video mini-series looking at how vehicle designers approach the need for mobility. The need for extreme mobility in adverse conditions has delivered some extremely interesting solutions that go beyond the traditional wheels v tracks debate. It is generally accepted that for serious mobility, especially where low surface compaction or [...]

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More Mobility Concepts – Hill and Ditch Climbing
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- Land, Sea and Air
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Following on from our recent discussion vehicle mobility this is a video mini-series looking at how vehicle designers approach the need for mobility. The need for extreme mobility in adverse conditions has delivered some extremely interesting solutions that go beyond the traditional wheels v tracks debate. It is generally accepted that for serious mobility, especially where low surface compaction or [...]

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More Mobility Concepts – Extra Wide Tracks
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- Land, Sea and Air
- 4 comments
Following on from our recent discussion vehicle mobility this is a video mini-series looking at how vehicle designers approach the need for mobility. The need for extreme mobility in adverse conditions has delivered some extremely interesting solutions that go beyond the traditional wheels v tracks debate. It is generally accepted that for serious mobility, especially where low surface compaction or [...]

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More Mobility Concepts – Ice and Water
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- Land, Sea and Air
- 2 comments
Following on from our recent discussion vehicle mobility this is a video mini-series looking at how vehicle designers approach the need for mobility. The need for extreme mobility in adverse conditions has delivered some extremely interesting solutions that go beyond the traditional wheels v tracks debate. It is generally accepted that for serious mobility, especially where low surface compaction or [...]

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More Mobility Concepts – Legs
- By Think Defence
- Land, Sea and Air
- 12 comments
Following on from our recent discussion vehicle mobility this is a video mini-series looking at how vehicle designers approach the need for mobility. The need for extreme mobility in adverse conditions has delivered some extremely interesting solutions that go beyond the traditional wheels v tracks debate. It is generally accepted that for serious mobility, especially where low surface compaction or [...]

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More Mobility Concepts – Over Wheel Tracks
- By Think Defence
- Land, Sea and Air
- 3 comments
Following on from our recent discussion vehicle mobility this is a video mini-series looking at how vehicle designers approach the need for mobility. The need for extreme mobility in adverse conditions has delivered some extremely interesting solutions that go beyond the traditional wheels v tracks debate. It is generally accepted that for serious mobility, especially where low surface compaction or [...]

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More Mobility Concepts – Direct Wheel Replacement
- By Think Defence
- Land, Sea and Air
- 3 comments
Following on from our recent discussion vehicle mobility this is a video mini-series looking at how vehicle designers approach the need for mobility. The need for extreme mobility in adverse conditions has delivered some extremely interesting solutions that go beyond the traditional wheels v tracks debate. It is generally accepted that for serious mobility, especially where low surface compaction or [...]

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More Mobility Concepts – Articulation

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