A Pier at La Panne
I have been rather remiss in not writing anything about Dunkirk but with so much great material out there it is hard to produce anything that is interesting. On Twitter…
Typhoon Common Weapon Launcher
Getting ready for Tornado out of service and continued evolution of the aircraft with Brimstone, Storm Shadow, Paveway IV, Meteor and E-Scan radar, the Typhoon continues to grow, at a…
North Sea Infrastructure – Defence Applications?
On one of the recent open threads, the subject of decommissioned North Sea oil and gas infrastructure came up, and if there were any defence applications for any of it.…
The end of the mess tin?
The mess tin and hexamine stove will be familiar to millions. But technology marches on, is there a replacement that saves weight, has lower toxicity and doesn't mean you…
Adventures in Commonality
What is commonality? An interesting question in its own right, the dictionary definition is The state of sharing features or attributes. In a defence context, this means sharing methods, training,…
Royal Navy CROWSNEST Decision
In what I think is the first post-election major project announcement the MoD have today confirmed that an updated Thales Cerberus system has been selected for the CROWSNEST requirement that will…
The Anti-UAV Defence System (AUDS)
In a post from March this year I asked 'What to do about the rise of the quadcopter', discussing the potential security challenges posed by the cheap and widely available…
Whatever happened to elevating sensor masts?
A question for you red of trouser types. Not so long ago you couldn't move for vehicle concepts that had elevating masts combining electro-optical, thermal imaging and radar sensors. A…