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*A different class: new upgrades bring vintage Type 209s back into fashion
The international diesel-submarine market has been dominated by Germany over the past 40 years, with the Type 209 design very much the lynchpin of ...
17-Nov-2009
*NLOS-LS on the verge: the US Army's missile-in-a-box prepares for service
What was once merely a gleam in the eye of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), as a ubiquitous, unmanned 'missiles in ...
05-Oct-2009
*Tipping the scales: addressing operational feedback on the small arms weight burden
Following calls for additional equipment and with many armed forces now conceding that they have enough suitable kit for operations, there is a growing ...
08-Sep-2009
*Shape of things to come: Spain's new projection ship readies for sea
The Armada Espaņola's new 27,000 ton vessel, Juan Carlos I, lies tied up alongside in Ferrol on Spain's Galician coastline in the northwest of ...
08-Sep-2009
*Growing up: Germany charts new route to lean-manned deployable frigates
When the Deutsche Marine's plans for a new class of warship were first aired, they sent ripples through naval thinking across the world. The...
07-Aug-2009
*Reaping what you sow: versatile UAV payloads pay dividends for armed forces
When General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc's (GA-ASI's) Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) first flew in 1994, it was as a pure reconnaissance platform with ...
15-Jul-2009
*Call of the wild: Deployable Dingo adapts to today's asymmetric warfare demands
Every protected transport-vehicle design such as the Dingo is a compromise between the 'iron triangle' of payload, protection and mobility. Depending on the locality, ...
09-Jun-2009
*Herculean performance by C-130 keeps it flying high in the popularity stakes
More than 50 years have passed since the C-130 Hercules aircraft made its maiden flight from the then Lockheed plant in Burbank, California, yet ...
11-May-2009
*Flying fish with a deadly bite: naval forces await third-generation Exocet
There are occasions where an event in military history becomes inextricably linked to the impact of a specific weapon or equipment. For example, public ...
06-Apr-2009
*JLTV moves into top gear as platform protection requirements gather speed
Following the 17 February 2009 resolution of protests surrounding the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Technology Demonstration awards, industry teams are currently 're-starting' many ...
09-Mar-2009
*Protection on the move: Australia's Bushmaster evolves for operations
The original rationale for the Bushmaster 4x4 protected mobility vehicle was rooted in the now-superseded 'Defence of Australia' concept but the platform has long ...
10-Feb-2009
*Extended family: overhauls, upgrades and additions keep M113 on front line
The M113 armoured personnel carrier (APC) was originally developed to meet the requirements of the US Army, with the first production vehicles rolling off ...
12-Jan-2009
*Birds of prey: Afghanistan experience sharpens talons of Joint Force Harrier
When the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) promulgated Air Staff Requirement (ASR) 409 in the late 1970s, the specification it captured was written for ...
07-Jan-2009
*Running in the family: evolving CV90 designs track changing requirements
The CV9040 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) was originally developed to meet the requirements of the Swedish Army but at an early stage what is ...
16-Dec-2008
*NLOS-C prototype takes first steps on road to service with the US Army's FCS
The first fully functional prototype of the US Army Field Artillery's future 155 mm self-propelled howitzer (SPH), otherwise known as the Non Line Of ...
13-Oct-2008
*Jack of all trades: Italy's new multirole carrier reaches final programme hurdle
The Italian Navy received its new aircraft carrier, ITS Cavour, from Fincantieri on 27 March 2008 at Muggiano shipyard near La Spezia. At that ...
12-Sep-2008
*Prime candidate: Primus demonstrates its potential for networked warfare
According to members of the Singapore Technologies Kinetics (ST Kinetics) design team, the self-propelled howitzer (SPH) requirement issued by the Singapore Army in the ...
17-Jul-2008
*Changing its spots brings expanded roles and users for Leopard 2 MBT
Just over 30 years ago, in 1977, the German Army selected the now Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) Leopard 2 main battle tank (MBT) to meet its...
13-Mar-2008
*Training and technology help US forces break down the barriers of urban warfare
From 19th century firefighter's hand tools to 21st century explosives, the realities of current combat environments mandate a plethora of ways to enter urban ...
13-Feb-2008
*Puma/Cougar still on the prowl for roles from VIP and transport to CSAR and strike
During the Algerian War of 1954-62, the French armed forces became the first to use massed helicopters for combat operations. The lessons learned there ...
12-Feb-2008
*World fighter: F-16 on the campaign trail
Lockheed Martin reached a milestone in 2006 with its 4,300th F-16 delivery, handing over an Advanced Block 50 F-16C 'Fighting Falcon' to the Royal ...
12-Dec-2007
*On winged heels: Hermes flies high as UAVs play a bigger part in operations
The midday sun hangs in a cloudless but hazy sky over the Golan Heights as Israeli company Elbit Systems conducts another training flight of its...
09-Oct-2007
NATO's integrated air command and control system advances to next stage
According to UK Royal Air Force doctrine: "A central theme of the history of air power has been 'centralised control and decentralised execution', which ...
05-Jul-2007
*Boxer MRAV gears up for production
The green light was finally given in late 2006 for quantity production of the Boxer (8x8) Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle (MRAV) to meet the future ...
11-Jun-2007
*Defending the stockade: C-RAM solutions come forward to reinforce the ramparts
A multiplicity of solutions are being put forward for the defence of permanent camps, key points and forward operating bases (FOBs) against insurgent rocket, ...
07-Jun-2007
*BLACK HAWK AND SEAHAWK - Evolving the post-Vietnam helicopter: more than 30 years of H-60 variants
Born out of the experience in Vietnam, the US Army issued a Request for Proposals (RfP) for a Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS) ...
14-May-2007
*Humvee is weighed down with add-ons as successors compete to fill its shoes
When it comes to describing the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), 'ubiquitous' seems insufficiently narrow. Since its initial military introduction just over two ...
09-May-2007
*Any time, any place, anywhere: US puts emphasis on Prompt Global Strike ability
The Pentagon is seeking the ability to attack targets anywhere in the world within hours, even minutes of a decision to attack, without making ...
13-Mar-2007
*Brazil's environmentally friendly SIVAM spreads its wings across Amazonia
The SIstema de Vigilância da AMazônia (SIVAM) project is designed to provide Brazil with an advanced means of monitoring the Amazonian -ecosystem and the ...
09-Mar-2007
*Australia juggles high technology, great expectations, tight funds and low volumes
For a nation that has traditionally received so little in the way of incentives and assistance to pursue export orders, Australia's defence industry continues ...
08-Feb-2007
*Pandur II in profile: Steyr's 8x8 digitised warfare platform is gathering speed
The first example of Steyr-Daimler-Puch's Pandur II 8x8 wheeled armoured vehicle did not roll out until 2003, and it may therefore be counted as ...
16-Jan-2007
*Decades of redevelopment shape US Ordnance M60 lightweight contender
The M60 machine gun has been called many things in the 40-plus years since it was originally fielded by the US military - most ...
12-Jan-2007
*Long shot: Swedish Armed Forces select Archer system for networked fire support
Having received nothing better, some of the world's major armed forces have learned to stop worrying and to accept that their tube artillery will ...
06-Dec-2006
*USAF Predators come of age in Iraq and Afghanistan as Reaper waits in the wings
The General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) Predator has already become the first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to be adopted on a large scale by ...
25-Oct-2006
*US Army requirement for medium tactical vehicles turns into developing family affair
Stewart & Stevenson's Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) has become the most reliable logistic platform the US Army has ever fielded, despite a ...
06-Sep-2006
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