The Return of the Auxiliary Mothership
When you look back there have been a number of notable examples of the auxiliary mothership, or perhaps more accurately, a useful conversion of a civilian vessel to carry out…
When you look back there have been a number of notable examples of the auxiliary mothership, or perhaps more accurately, a useful conversion of a civilian vessel to carry out…
In the news today is the meeting between David Cameron and Francois Hollande Not much here in detail, just a handful of links that I will expand over time In…
Although the Boeing P-8A Poseidon might be seen as the obvious choice for a Future Maritime Patrol aircraft there are a small handful of others in the same space to…
Don't worry, We are on our way with specialist equipment and amphibious vehicles Not this kind of amphibious vehicle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyNwm76yxRM Because we flogged them off donkeys years ago, no need…
Future maritime patrol my well require a dedicated long range aircraft like the Boeing Poseidon P-8A Multi Mission Aircraft (by the way, sorry for the auto start video below) To…
In 2011 I posted a quick story about the planned NATO HQ An update http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/construction-of-new-nato-headquarters-in-brussel-overbudget-a-944468.html Post Afghanistan, NATO, like almost anything even vaguely military in nature, is going to be…
From Cobham Cobham's PinPoint™ Gunshot Detection System provides the capability in both urban and rural environments to rapidly locate the source of hostile fire, and provide accurate range, bearing and elevation information to…
Two stories from Janes http://www.janes.com/article/32851/uk-considers-surrogate-helicopters-to-reduce-pilot-training-costs http://www.janes.com/article/32844/british-army-wants-ah-64e-apache-before-end-of-decade