Stephen W. Miller
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]
US Army Selects Company-Level Small UAS
Employment of an unmanned aerial system often referred to as a reconnaissance drone by forward combat units can offer major tactical advantages on the...
Boxer Armoured Mortar Debut
Rheinmetall and Patria displayed their Boxer Armoured Mortar Variant on 18 September 2024 at the Defence Vehicle Dynamics (DVD2024) exhibition in Millbrook, Bedfordshire in...
Australian Forces Field DAGOR All-Terrain Vehicles
The Commonwealth of Australia has awarded a AUD22 million (USD14.6M) to Polaris Australia to acquire its DAGOR off-road tactical mobility vehicles.
The DAGOR will...
US Army Selects SAAB AT4CSTW for Individual Assault Munition
The US Army announced its award of a US$494.35 million contract to SAAB to provide AT4 Confined Space Tandem Warhead (CSTW) Individual Shoulder Fired...
Setting the Right Heading for UGVs
Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) have undeniable potential on the battlefield, but matching design to customer expectation is not necessarily an easy obstacle to overcome.
Deploying...
GBAD – Amost an Impossible Job
Effectively countering the threat to battlefield ground assets from air attack has become significantly more challenging as demonstrated in the Ukraine conflict.
Although traditional ‘air...
Russia Debuts UGV Mounted Mortar
Having the ability to rapidly displace after firing has been firmly established as an essential requirement for indirect fire weapons if they are going...
Keiler Breaching Vehicle Demonstrates Mine and Obstacle Clearing
As once again shown earlier this year, when Ukrainian forces assaulted the entrenched Russian positions mines and obstacles, when properly emplaced and covered by...
Cannon Based Air Defense (CBAD) Against Cruise Missiles and Drones
The increasing reliance on attack drones and cruise missiles is challenging the dominating reliance placed on missiles for air defence.
That these have become...
US Army Dark Eagle Hypervelocity Missile’s First Joint Exercise
The Dark Eagle Long Range Hypersonic Missile (LRHM), a key element in the US Army’s Long Range Precision Fires (LRPF) capability saw its first...
