Keyword: Tim Guest
NGSRI: Progressing towards Stinger’s replacement
Intended to result in a high-performance replacement for the ageing, though still capable FIM-92...
IFPC Increment 2: Filling the medium-range gap
The US Army’s Indirect Fires Protection Capability (IFPC) Increment 2 (Inc 2) programme is...
Ballistic missile moves
The use of various types of ballistic missiles during recent and ongoing conflicts has...
Europe’s dash to procure rocket artillery
Rocket artillery systems have been employed extensively by both sides during the ongoing Russian...
Kaan progresses, bolstered by international interest
Türkiye’s indigenous 5th-Gen stealth fighter, Kaan, built by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI, also known...
Key programmes bolster Türkiye’s defence-export boom
A major drive towards national self-reliance in defence and aerospace, has resulted in Türkiye’s...
Improving the odds of survival
Pilots and crew aboard fixed and rotary-wing military aircraft face numerous potential operational and...
Controversial but Effective – Dual-Use Military/Police Tech
From guns and ammunition, to body armour, drones, vehicles, anti-terror crash barriers and much...
Thermobarics – Developments and Deployments
Thermobaric weapons, also known as Fuel Air Explosives (FAE), vacuum or aerosol bombs,
dual-stage explosives...


![NGSRI: Progressing towards Stinger’s replacement Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are competing for their respective interceptor designs to be the US Army’s eventual new M-SHORAD Increment 3 missile. Illustrated: LM’s interceptor launched in dismounted configuration. [Lockheed Martin]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1-OPENER-NGSRI-composite-image-2-Credit-Lockheed-Martin-Kopie-324x160.jpg)
![IFPC Increment 2: Filling the medium-range gap The IFPC Inc 2 AD system is intended to defend fixed and forward operating bases against the latest and emerging aerial threats including rotary and fixed-wing, UAVs and cruise missiles, most likely using a second, more capable interceptor. [US Army]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1-IFPC-Increment-2-system-Credit-US-Army-Kopie-324x160.jpg)
![Ballistic missile moves A 9M723 Iskander-M SRBM being launched from the Kapustin Yar proving ground in March 2018. [Russian MoD]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Iskander-M-SRBM-launches-Russian-MoD-Kopie-324x160.jpg)
![Europe’s dash to procure rocket artillery Dutch Army PULS validation test firings, July 2025. Several European NATO armies are racing to build their rocket-artillery inventories after years of complacency and in the face of old dangers having returned to the continent. Achieving this quickly means systems from various suppliers are being procured across the Alliance. [Dutch MoD]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1-Dutch-Army-PULS-validation-test-firings-July-2025-Dutch-MoD-Kopie-324x160.jpg)
![Kaan progresses, bolstered by international interest Kaan’s first prototype taking off for its 13-minute, maiden flight in February 2024, when it reached 2,438 m (8,000 ft) and a speed of 426 km/h (230 kn). The prototype’s second flight took place a few months later, in May, when it reached 3,048 m (10,000 ft). [TAI]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1-Kaan-first-prototype-on-maiden-flight-Feb-2024-324x160.jpg)
![Key programmes bolster Türkiye’s defence-export boom Secretary of the SSB, Prof. Dr. Haluk Görgün, said that Türkiye was building a “ground-breaking ecosystem in technology exports for the future”. [TiM]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2-Prof-Dr-Haluk-Gorgun-Jan-2025-Credit-TiM-Kopie-324x160.jpg)
![Improving the odds of survival Pictured: Only once pre-flight checks have taken place to ensure protective gear, such as G-suits, harnesses, helmets, parachutes and more, is adjusted and is working properly, will Warthog pilots head out onto the tarmac for take-off. [USAF/2Lt Benjamin Williams]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/1-In-the-cockpit-A-10C-taxis-for-take-off-Credit-USAF-2Lt-Benjamin-Williams-Kopie-324x160.jpg)

