Army 2020 Alternative, The Brigade Combat Team
The current Future Force 2020 structure for the British Army is in all honesty a bit of a dog’s breakfast. A process that started out
June 14, 2015
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Don’t Worry, We Have a Fully Funded Equipment Plan (For Now)
The Parliamentary Defence Committee has produced a report entitled Re-thinking Defence To Meet New Threats. The report points to a number of short comings in
March 24, 2015
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Is it time to change our Air to Air refuelling system?
Traditionally the Royal Air Force has used the probe and drogue in-flight refuelling system, contrasting with the US Air Force which uses a flying boom
August 25, 2014
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Further EUR 200 million Study for Anglo French UCAS
It seems that Britain and France are getting closer to signing a deal to jointly develop an Unmanned Combat Air System to replace Typhoon and
July 12, 2014
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Making the Most of The F35 B
One of the fundamental changes in SDSR 2010 was to select the F35C over the F35B. The rational for this was that the F35C could
March 30, 2014
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SDSR 2015 – Getting Tooled Up
Imagine if you will for a second that since the lasts SDSR the United Kingdom’s major potential adversary had increased its defence budget by 43%
March 2, 2014
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Malaysia-RAF Tranche 1 Typhoon Leasing
While we had hopes that Malaysia could be a possible candidate for new Typhoons it seems that the government’s budget woes are forcing them to
February 16, 2014
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Could C17 be a Model for MPA Purchase?
News is starting to leak out that the MOD is keen to get its hands on a 9th C17 before Boeing’s production run ends in
November 25, 2013
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