Boxer Armoured Vehicle — Details and Variants - Think Defence
Nov 5, 2022 · Boxer is produced by ARTEC GmbH (ARmoured vehicle TEChnology) under the overall management of the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR). Artec is owned by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH, Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH (RMMV) and Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Nederland B.V. (formerly Stork). As the UK has now rejoined the Boxer programme, as managed by OCCAR, Artec will ...
Advanced Short Range Air to Air Missile (ASRAAM) - Think Defence
Nov 5, 2022 · By 1973, SRAAM had a name, Mongoose. The missile was built in three sections; the front housed the infra-red seeker, arming unit, warhead and electronics, the centre, the main motor, and the rear, the thrust vector system and fins.
Top 25 British War Films - Think Defence
Aug 24, 2023 · Director: Bruce Beresford Writer: Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens, Bruce Beresford Stars: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters Summary: During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who hopes to distance themselves from the irregular practices of the war.
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A Successor for the Amazing C-17 Globemaster - Think Defence
Aug 20, 2021 · The problem we have seen since the A400M was conceived is that many of those payload items have grown in both size and weight. There is no denying the weight and size growth of pretty much all the Army’s vehicles, and as we potentially migrate to vertical lift technologies like the tilt rotors or coaxial designs, height seems to be getting larger.
Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM
Nov 13, 2022 · The BAE offering also provided for a two-tier approach, an active radar seeker first in 2003 and then a dual-mode radar/IR seeker in 2010. As the requirement changed to reflect a greater understanding of emerging threats, the requirement changed.
Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) - Think Defence
Nov 8, 2022 · Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) History. The evolution of MLRS, from the grid square removal service to GMLRS, the 70 km Sniper, is a perfect illustration of the trends in complex weapons over the last twenty-odd years.
Appendix A - Ajax - Think Defence
Apollo ‘God of healing’ Apollo provides repair capability in conjunction with Atlas. It can tow a high mobility trailer that carries spare power packs, has a 5 tonne capacity telescoping jib crane that can lift the Ajax powerpack, stabilisation system, auxiliary power unit and a …
Starstreak High Velocity Missile - Think Defence
Nov 20, 2022 · A follow-on contract implemented a thermal sighting system. Thales was awarded an availability contract worth £200 million in 2008 under the Air Defence Availability Project (ADAPT);. The Minister of State for Defence Equipment & Support (Min DE&S), Quentin Davies MP, has today announced that Thales UK has been awarded a contract worth more than £200m from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to ...
Brimstone Guided Missile - Think Defence
Nov 5, 2022 · 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 can seek and destroy armoured targets at long range.