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The RAF’s strategic lift heavy capability is centred on its fleet of Boeing C-17 Globemaster aircraft. With an Out of Service Date (OSD) of 2040, its successor has yet to reveal itself, but let’s talk ...

The Mexeflote is a modular pontoon in service with the British and Australian armed forces and is primarily used to transfer vehicles, stores, and equipment from ship to shore. In service since the ...

A simple question, was the British Infantry more effective with the 51 mm lightweight infantry mortar than it is now, without it? In an age of swarming drones and artificial intelligence, it is easy ...

Land Precision Strike is a new requirement from the British Army for a ground-launched precision-guided weapon that can be used at long range, 80 km plus. In response to a written Parliamentary ...

British Army Medium Weight Capability, a long story… In the late Nineties, the British Army concluded it needed to develop and field a Medium Weight Capability that would enable it to arrive quicker ...

As small UAS (drones) become more capable and ubiquitous, there will be a focus on maturing and developing the means of storage, carriage, and deployment.

The wheel is one of man’s oldest inventions, with wheelbarrows and handcarts almost as old. Simply put, they enable a person to transport loads over a greater distance, and with less energy ...

Is mobility ever a bad thing? Probably not, but it always results in compromise. Where you draw that compromise line will depend on many factors, but for systems like GMLRS, the UK and other users ...

I am not sighted to the specific requirements, but a few thoughts on matters relating to the command and control and battlefield ambulance Light Mobile Vehicle (LMV) variants.

The Bren Gun Carrier, or Universal Carrier, was a class of WWII-era vehicles unique to British and Commonwealth armies used for logistics and support weapon carriage. As you all know, the concept was ...

Swingfire was a British wire-guided anti-tank missile developed in the 1960s, seeing action in multiple theatres. The Orange William missile was cancelled in 1959. Watch this video on YouTube. Fairey ...