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It has more pages now Military standards especially are a source of enormous compliance costs for both the MoD and industry. Standards simplification or equivalence regimes must be a priority. Process ...

A business case to modify the existing Snatch 1 vehicles already in the theatre with more suitable environmental capabilities was approved for £2.2m, referred to as ‘Snatch 1.5’. Project DUCKBOARD ...

Share on twitter Twitter Share on facebook Facebook Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on reddit Reddit Share on print Print If the amphibious operations in Normandy were unprecedented because of their ...

Harpoon History Development of the Harpoon missile for the US Navy goes back to the mid-sixties as a counter to surfaced submarines, but for the Royal Navy, it first came into service as a ...

MBDA describe the Meteor BVRAAM missile as; Meteor is the next generation Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) system designed to revolutionise air-to-air combat in the 21st Century. The ...

Multi-Role Vehicle Redefined The Multi Role Vehicle – Protected (MRV-P) was a large project from 2012 to bring into service two protected-wheeled vehicles that would replace many UOR vehicles. A ...

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 ...

Some might be marked as ‘mature content’ because it is a firearm! Affiliate Links Amazon and the occasional product link might appear in the content, you know the drill, I get a small cut if you go on ...

The Thales Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) is called Martlet in Royal Navy service. It is described by Thales as; LMM is a low cost, lightweight, precision strike, missile, which has been designed ...

These are four random vehicles from the list. Can Outlander: 3 vehicles, 24 seats, 0.9 tonnes of stores. Polaris MRZR Alpha D2: 3 vehicles, 24 seats, 1.9 tonnes of stores. Grillo PK1400D: 3 vehicles, ...

Brimstone is a potent and precision-guided anti-armour missile that arms RAF Typhoons and Protectors The RAF describe Brimstone as; Brimstone is an advanced, rocket-propelled, radar-guided weapon and ...