Side Arm or Sky Hook, you decide
Which came first, Side Arm or Sky Hook? From DARPA SideArm: DARPA’s SideArm effort seeks to create a self-contained, portable apparatus able to horizontally launch and retrieve UAS…
Stocking up on Paveway IV
The MoD has let another contract to Raytheon for more Paveway IV Precision Guided Bombs The Secretary of State for Defence (the Authority) acting through the International Guns, Missiles and…
MoD Information Technology and Lessons for Acquisition
It is no secret that the MoD has had a long history of complicated, incompatible and costly IT systems that have resulted in real operational problems. When the MoD has…
Offensive Mining
In all our recent discussions and posts on mine countermeasures I have completely ignored the subject of offensive mining but the recent BALTOPS exercise included a demonstration by the USAF…
How Long to Train an RAF Pilot?
From a recent FOI request, regularly published by the MoD How does this compare to say, a helicopter pilot, a Fleet Air Arm pilot, a Belgian or French jet…
Precision and Purpose – Airpower in the Libyan Civil War
A fascinating and in-depth study of the use of airpower in the Libyan Civil War from RAND. Analysis of the British Contribution starts on Page 153. http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR600/RR676/RAND_RR676.pdf
Paveway IV Tactical Penetrator Contract
The MoD has awarded a 3 and a half year £27 million contract to Rayhtheon for the; Development, Qualification and Manufacture of a Tactical Penetrator Warhead. This is the Paveway…
A New Tool for the REME
As we all know, the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), more commonly known as Royal Engineers Made Easy, have many roles, and complex they are too. It is also…