The first two questions are: Do they need replacing and do we want to replace them? Because they are relatively simple in construction, they can be maintained for the long term, replacing or adding ...

The L21A1 RARDEN is a British 30 mm autocannon used as a combat vehicle weapon used principally on Scimitar, Fox, and Warrior. Development of the 30 mM L21 RARDEN Cannon # The 30 mm RARDEN cannon ...

The first and most obvious option is to stay the course with the current Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) programme and try to get a single vehicle to meet all the requirements, i.e. the Common Base ...

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 ...

Probably the most ingenious and revolutionary bit of ship-to-shore logistics capability that no one has ever heard of, FIPASS was deceptively simple. It was not used until a few years after the ...

One of the original requirements was that the complex weapons must be in service, for the UK, that meant NSM and GMLRS. But whilst NSM does not seem to have much publicly available information on ...

Euclid’s Army aims to force people to think about how armies should equip, train and organise for land warfare in the 21st Century This should be with equipment that exists today and based on a far ...

For the Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV), it would seem natural that electric propulsion and alternative fuels would be a component of the wider requirement set. The British Army has completed several ...

Springer was a short-lived British Army all-terrain vehicle introduced under an Urgent Operational Requirement to support operations in Afghanistan. It was designed to transport up to one tonne of ...

The Daimler Ferret Scout Car was a British 4×4 armoured reconnaissance vehicle produced from 1952 to 1971, with 4,409 units built for liaison and scouting roles. The development of the Daimler Ferret ...

The DragonFire laser directed energy weapon (LDEW) represents a pivotal advancement in the United Kingdom’s defence capabilities, marking a transition from traditional kinetic munitions to high-energy ...

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 weapon brings together six nations with a ...