So How Much is a Blackhawk?
One of our favourite activities is trying to work out the cost of defence equipment from open sources but it's like plaiting fog, pretty futile. All sorts of costs are…
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In the late thirties the RAF and Army pioneered close air support or air control in far flung places like Aden, the Sudan and Palestine. Combining innovative doctrine, technology like…
Is an EU Airborne Refuelling Pool on the Horizon
The UK is continuing with Future strategic Aircraft Tanker (FSTA) programme that is being fulfilled as a PFI contract with Airtanker, a consortium consisting of Cobham, EADS, Rolls-Royce, Thales UK…
UK, New Zealand and Australia Collaborate on Naval Design
The UK, new Zealand and Australia have commenced on an information sharing agreement that will inform designs for future naval surface vessels. Information exchanges are expected to continue around the…
Is the Super Tucano a Practical Option for the RAF?
It seems the idea of the RAF adopting some sort of cheap turboprop attack aircraft won’t go away. In a recent speech the Chief of the General Staff, Sir David…
Haiti and D Day
There has been a lot of blog coverage on the Haiti relief effort and from a defence perspective much of this has focussed on the air and sea bridge to…
Osprey: Capabilty versus Cost – Is it really worth it?
Since its inception the MV-22 Osprey has generated a significant amount of controversy, especially during its protracted development. This development phase was significantly long, at times tragic, and the costs…
What is a Mexeflote
Whilst we are on the subject of the Royal Navy and about to embark on the amphibious, logistics and submarine element some information on how, in an amphibious context, we…