Navy’s Fire Scout UAV compromises BAE’s precision weapons upgrade
Edinburgh, UK – 12 October 2012 By Fiona Pringle Fire Scout UAV problems mark poor start for hi-tech APKWS integration The decision to upgrade the US Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout…
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Edinburgh, UK – 12 October 2012 By Fiona Pringle Fire Scout UAV problems mark poor start for hi-tech APKWS integration The decision to upgrade the US Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout…
London, UK – 20 September 2012 By Marion Ghibaudo Salafist Islamic insurgency in North Caucasus goes on offensive A volatile form of salafist Islamic extremism has been identified as the…
London, UK – 29 August 2012 By Sania Farooqui China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) forces staged a live-fire test of what appears to be a new fully functioning high altitude…
London, UK – 19 August 2012 By Robert Densmore Handling the UK defence industry with kid gloves The close connection between non-standard business practice and large defence contracts is neither…
London, UK – 16 August 2012 By Marion Ghibaudo Syria’s rebel fighters can not expect assistance in the form of armed intervention from an outside coalition involving the US and…
London, UK – 26 July 2012 By Marion Ghibaudo Turkey’s growing armed conflict with internal Kurdish ethno-political groups has weakened its role as a regional power and potentially compromised its…
London, UK – 7 April 2012 By Robert Densmore F-35 STOVL choice for Great Britain comes too late A controversial decision by the UK government to purchase the vertical takeoff…
Brussels, Belgium – 1 March 2012 by Jonathan Dowdall Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s six year campaign of high-profile killings against top cartel leaders has failed to produce stability and is…
London, UK – 31 January 2012 Written by Jonathan Dowdall and Robert Densmore Increased military pressure was being exerted on Somalia’s Al Shabab militants on Monday in the wake of…