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*Denver plans © for all eventualities
Opened on 28 February 1995, Denver International was the 10th busiest passenger hub in the world and the fifth busiest airport in the US in...
19-Nov-2009
*Beneath the radar: land-based air defence is back in business
Last year's Russo-Georgian war was marked by several novel aspects, not least the success of land-based air defences to knock down firstly Georgian unmanned ...
10-Nov-2009
*Global responses: from the US to all four corners of the world
While there is no question that the enormous US MRAP programme has accounted for the vast majority of mine protected vehicle construction around the ...
10-Nov-2009
*Setting the standards: US decides to build on monolithic MRAP
The US Department of Defense's (DoD's) urgent response to the mounting casualties being suffered in hastily uparmoured light vehicles on operations in Iraq and ...
10-Nov-2009
*Power play: engines give fuel for thought
Despite flirtations with nuclear power when the science was in its infancy, the vast majority of naval surface vessels are still powered by fossil ...
10-Nov-2009
*Super CSAR: technological advances open up new frontiers for rescue forces
In June 1995, a US Air Force (USAF) F-16 was shot down while patrolling the no-fly zone over Bosnia. After evading Serbian patrols for ...
10-Nov-2009
*One for all and all for one: large-scale virtual training aims to make the grade
Joint and coalition operations are the norm in the modern battlespace; from the Gulf War in 1991 through to peacekeeping operations in the Balkans ...
07-Oct-2009
*Playing the part: MBTs evolve to enhance role in urban operations
The primary role of main battle tanks (MBTs) has always been to engage and defeat other MBTs on the battlefield and for many countries ...
07-Oct-2009
*The heavyweight contenders
The US and its coalition military partners are in the midst of a massive adjustment of strategy to confront the reality of 21st-century conflict ...
06-Oct-2009
*Striking out, homing in: SSGWs take the fight beyond the shore
The last 40 years have seen the heavyweight surface-to-surface guided weapon (SSGW) become established as the weapon of choice for surface ships prosecuting offensive ...
05-Oct-2009
*On track: airborne IRST prepares for leap into uncharted territory
The origins of airborne infrared detection and tracking of targets can be traced to the mid-1960s when F-101B Voodoo interceptors of the US Air ...
08-Sep-2009
*Sound from the seas: UK evolves Sonar 2076 submarine sonar suite
The world was a very different place back in the late 1980s when the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Royal Navy (RN) conceived ...
08-Sep-2009
*Artillery, rockets and mortars answer the call for precision
The call from within operational theatres for precision-fire artillery rocket and mortar systems has become louder because of the extreme proximity of friendly and ...
07-Sep-2009
*Small but perfectly formed: mini munitions offer precision impact
This is a revised version of a story that was originally posted on 11 August. The race to develop better, smaller, cheaper airborne weapons ...
14-Aug-2009
*Global forces gun for increased protection and accuracy with remote weapon stations
Against a background of growing threat levels over the past five years in Afghanistan and Iraq, ranging from small arms fire to increasingly powerful ...
12-Aug-2009
*Two of a kind: pragmatism drives UK carrier construction scheme
It has taken 15 years to conceptualise, justify, define and iteratively design the UK Royal Navy's (RN's) two new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers as ...
12-Aug-2009
*The great calibre conspiracy
Following intense close-quarter battles with local militia in Somalia in 1992, US forces complained that their 5.56 mm weapons, which fire the NATO standard ...
11-Aug-2009
*Charge of the light brigade: infantry's burden in need of improved electronics
Just as military commanders are apparently never happy with the level of resources available to them, it seems unlikely there will ever be a ...
11-Aug-2009
*Protective cover: littoral threats drive new approach to soft-kill ship defence
While surface ships have for many years been equipped with soft-kill decoys and active jammers for protection against anti-ship missile threats, they have hitherto ...
13-Jul-2009
*It's good to talk: advances in intercom technology widen communications net
Communications equipment has improved enormously over the past two decades. Formerly only higher command echelons could network and share information, but those capabilities are ...
10-Jul-2009
*Historical present: Russia strives to modernise airborne weapons
Russia's design bureaux have many impressive technical achievements to their credit, and have delivered some formidable - even unique - weapon systems. During the ...
09-Jul-2009
*Soldiers look to infantry C4I aids for tempo without torment
Soldier modernisation programmes, leading to acquisition of fully integrated equipment ensembles for the dismounted soldier, have been pursued by NATO and some of its ...
09-Jul-2009
*Turn on, tune in: maritime CESM eavesdrop on littoral exchanges
Long regarded as the blackest of the maritime electronic warfare arts, the process of collecting, analysing and exploiting communications signals of interest (SOI) remains ...
17-Jun-2009
*Heavy duty: upgraded MBTs take on challenging urban operations
In recent years an increasing number of militaries have found themselves involved in urban operations and, as a result, some countries have upgraded part ...
09-Jun-2009
*Honours even: C-27J and C-295 have medium-lift bases covered
West-leaning air forces with a requirement for a modern, medium-lift transport aircraft to complement their C-130s or operate in a standalone fleet have only ...
08-Jun-2009
*Low-profile technologies conduct a clean sweep against CBRN attack
In the 20 years since the demise of the Cold War, changing strategic and operational priorities have reduced the emphasis on the need for ...
12-May-2009
*Balance of power: manufacturers vie for aero-engine of the future
By the start of 2009 General Electric (GE) and Rolls-Royce had both been awarded development contracts for the Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engine (VAATE), ...
12-May-2009
*Fighting fire with fire: technology finds a solution to sniper attacks
Sniper and precision small-arms fire (PSAF) attacks on US forces in Iraq are almost "non-existent" in 2009 thanks to increased sniper awareness training and ...
12-May-2009
*Out of sight, not out of mind: airborne ASW keeps up with threat
Fast, wide-ranging maritime patrol aircraft (MPAs) first proved themselves the ideal counter to submarine warfare during the Second World War and the development of ...
07-May-2009
*Setting higher standards: missile line takes aim at new targets
With the delivery of in excess of 24,000 all-up-rounds (AURs) over a 45-year period, the Standard Missile line provides a salutory model for the ...
15-Apr-2009
*Spinning around: UAV revolutions open up battlefield opportunities
Fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have matured significantly over the past decade. Once the preserve of clandestine operations and artillery observation, they are now ...
14-Apr-2009
*Piercing the fog of battle: forces set sights on thermal technology
Though the buzzphrase of 'owning the night' has largely fallen out of favour with the world's military forces, the aspiration still rings true for ...
14-Apr-2009
*Fit for purpose: seeking the right tool for counter-insurgency role
It is a basic fact that virtually all active military operations around the world today largely comprise counter-insurgency (COIN)-type operations. Against a landscape populated...
12-Mar-2009
*Land and deliver: options hover for rapid amphibious assault role
The UK Royal Marines' assault on Iraq's Al Faw peninsula in 2003 once again proved the importance of the ability to put amphibious forces ...
09-Mar-2009
*Letting the picture tell the story: full-motion video takes a front seat
The object of IDR has always been to report all things new in operations concepts and technologies for defence. In 1989, imbued with the ...
09-Mar-2009
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