Keyword: Peter Felstead
![Under a new multi-year framework contract with Rheinmetall the Royal Netherlands Army will be able to procure different types of hand grenades flexibly and in line with its requirements throughout the entire term of the contract. [Rheinmetall]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Hand-grenades-Rheinmetall-Kopie-324x160.jpg "Rheinmetall signs framework contract with Dutch army for production of hand grenades")
Rheinmetall signs framework contract with Dutch army...
Rheinmetall has signed a new multi-year framework contract with the Dutch armed forces for...
![French drivetrain specialist Texelis is currently working with the French MoD to deliver a HED-powered prototype of the VBMR-L Serval 4×4. [Texelis/KNDS France]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Cover-pic_-Serval-Texelis_KNDS-France-Kopie-324x160.jpg "HED on the horizon: Hybrid electric drive hovers on the cusp of adoption")
HED on the horizon: Hybrid electric drive...
Despite so much promise, hybrid electric drive technology is yet to be fully embraced...
![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...