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Stephen W. Miller

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A former US Marine ground combat and aviation officer instrumental in the adoption of wheeled armoured vehicles and manoeuvre warfare. He has extensive hands-on experience in development, acquisition, fielding, support and employment leading land, naval, and air programmes in the US and twenty-four other countries. [email protected]
Jump 20 UAS

AeroVironment JUMP20 Transforms its UAS

The traditional fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle displays the attributes of greater air speed and increased endurance but can be limited by the need for...
SMASH-2000L

SMARTSHOOTER SMASH-L for CUAS

Providing light infantry with the ability to counter small and micro Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) is complicated by the fact that they must physically...

RIPSAW M3 RCV-Light

Textron Defense, which supplied its M5 RIPSAW to the US Army for its concept trials using Remote Combat Vehicles – Medium (RCV-M), is now...
The AbramsX main battle tank.

General Dynamics Highlights Combat Vehicle Hybrid Power

General Dynamics Land Systems (Booth 800) is, among other items, using AUSA 2022 to illustrate the advances that are already available to expand the...

Last US Army Stryker’s Leave Alaska

The US Army Forces in the Pacific are without one of its strategically deployable armoured ground combat brigades as the last Stryker armoured wheeled...
THE INTEGRATED TACTICAL NETWORK AT WORK

Spreading the Word

The introduction of Integrated Tactical Networks will deliver a step-change in the way data and communications is available over the battlefield. The global access to,...
MV-22 Osprey medium transport helicopter

Re-Envisioning the Marine Corps

This month’s Commander’s Intent focuses on how the US Marine Corps senior command has updated its original Force Design 2030 concept (Mod 1), a...
Saab MSHORAD

Air Defence Warning – RED

NATO’s ground based air defence (GBAD) has made important strides in catching up its rivals lead in countering the forward battlefield air threat. In June...

HERA – Backpacked Multi-sensor QuadCopter

The RTRobotics HERA debuted in a satellite hall of the NDIA 2022 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference. Designed in the United States but manufactured...
NZ LAV III 8x8 Wheeled Armoured Combat Vehicle

LAV III to Mechanize Chile’s Amphibious Force

The formal announcement by Chile’s Marine Corps of finalizing its acquisition of twenty-two NZ LAV III 8x8 Wheeled Armoured Combat Vehicles from the New...

Highlight of the Month

SOF

Adapting to Win!

The M777 155mm/39 cal Light Towed Howitzer

Run out of Guns