Keyword: Peter Felstead
![The latest model of the Chinook, the CH-47F Block II, is expected to be in service into the 2060s, by which time successive models of the Chinook will have been in service for more than 100 years. [Boeing]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CH-47F-Block-II-Boeing-Kopie-324x160.jpg "Heavy-lift rotorcraft: Where US hegemony meets the tyranny of distance")
Heavy-lift rotorcraft: Where US hegemony meets the...
As the US’ strategic focus shifts to the Asia-Pacific theatre, conventional helicopters may not...
![The ERCA autoloader being tested at Yuma Proving Ground in June 2019. Although the US Army conducted a number of successful tests with ERCA prototypes, engineering issues, such as excessive wear on the 58-calibre gun tube after firing a relatively small number of rounds, led to the ERCA prototyping effort’s discontinuation in April 2024. [US Army]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1_ERCA-US-Army-Kopie-324x160.jpg "The US Army’s search for new self-propelled artillery: A long haul for long guns")
The US Army’s search for new self-propelled...
More than six decades after the M109 entered service and following a series of...
![An Airbus A400M in French service, pictured on 25 June 2024. As things stand there will ultimately be 170 A400Ms in service with European air forces. [Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/French-A400M-Armee-de-lAir-et-de-lEspace-Kopie-324x160.jpg "Europe’s airlift rejuvenation: is it enough?")
Europe’s airlift rejuvenation: is it enough?
Within the last two decades the airlift capabilities of Europe’s air forces have been...