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 ...

The Bushmaster is a combat proven vehicle that is in service with the Australian Defence Force and eight other nations, and has been successfully deployed on operations in the Middle East, Europe, ...

I challenge the notion that the British tank and armoured vehicle industry is dead, that we don’t buy enough, and should just jack it all in and buy Abrams or Leopard. Listen to the online doom ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the standout design features of the Type 26 frigate is a large mission bay. As offboard systems evolve and become more widespread, the flexibility and capacity of mission bays for naval vessels ...

The British Army (Royal Engineers) maintain an extensive GEOINT and survey capability, centred on the fine folks at 42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic). 41 Regiment is a hybrid Regular and Reserve unit ...

The subject of this post started with a question about the viability of building a force around a single vehicle type. It then took a detour into rapidly expanding the Army Reserve in response to ...

In this guest post, Matthew Ford discusses the British Army and the (new) calibre debate.. It is the lot of the infantry to hold ground and get shot at. This is the everyday history of the infantry, ...

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.

Merlin, STRIX and Bussard were, like EFOG-M and Polyphem, a class of weapons that started development in the eighties. But matured just in time for the end of the Cold War, running out of enemy ...