Ajax Lessons Learned Review Released
The Ajax Lessons Learned Report by Clive Sheldon KC has finally been released - all 172 pages of it. It is very thorough…
Ready or Not? - UK Armed Forces Readiness
With a massive increase in rapid response forces announced at last year's NATO summit, the UK's Defence Committee is holding an inquiry into…
Defence is set up to fail
Defence procurement is notorious for failure - failure to deliver on time, on budget, and to specification. Yet within the defence community are…
Go far, or go home - the UK's Carrier Conundrum
The UK's Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers were originally conceived nearly 30 years ago when the world, and our perception of it, was…
Another UK Defence spending increase is on the way, but are we being short-changed?
Rumours abound today that the UK's March budget is going to provide an additional £5 billion in defence spending over 2 years, a…
The UK's new Fleet Solid Support ships - what's all the fuss about?
In November 2022, the MOD announced that 'Team Resolute' had been chosen to supply the Royal Navy's new Fleet Solid Support Programme (FSSP),…