MoD Research Programmes – Common Defensive Aids System (CDAS)
As per various requests I am going to look at some of the MoD funded research programmes, in this case, the Common Defensive Aids System or CDAS. CDAS has been…
Two for 3D Printing
I think 3D printing has many potential military uses and these two stories demonstrate the potential. Researchers at the University of Sheffield have created a low cost disposable unmanned aircraft…
A Million Rounds a Day
BAE's Radway Green ammunition manufacturing plant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKS41dtGDS8
F35 Software and Numbers
Because the F35 is the most scrutinised defence programme ever, is surrounded by a clutch of vested interests and as many opinions as there arseholes in the world trying to…
A One Sided Partnership
As we all know, the British Army Watchkeeper UAV system has been developed by a consortium of companies, U-Tacs (Elbit) and Thales, in roughly equal ownership. Thales are a French…
The Cooking Never Stops
A report from BFBS about the catering arrangements at Camp Bastion Feeding troops on deployment is a massive operation. The Ministry of Defence spends around £30 million a year catering…
Apache Longbow Support Contract
The MoD (via Agusta Westland) has awarded a $96m contract to Longbow International for the support of the Apache AH Mk1 fire control radars out to 2019 i.e. 5 years.…
Marshall CT Scanner to France
Marshall Aerospace and Defence have won a contract to supply the French armed forces with another three containerised CT scanners, like the ones used by the UK. As the prime…