All articles by Berenice Baker

Innovation drive – how new engine technology is transforming military vehicles

The military is on a never-ending quest to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels to reduce costs, boost fuel security…
Contenders vie for Australia’s LAND 400 armoured vehicle programme

The Australian Department of Defence has called Land 400 one of its 'most significant capability programmes' in terms of acquisition…
Video feature: Aeros demonstrates VERTICAL cargo blimp for US military

Aeros has demonstrated the first in-hangar movement of its Aeroscraft VErtical-lift Rigid Technology Internal Carriage Auto-ballast Logistics (VERTICAL) sub-scale prototype…
From NACHOS to WOMBAT – the military’s strangest acronyms

The military and its supporting defence industry are quite literally deadly serious. However, the acronyms they come up with to…
UAV evolution – how natural selection directed the drone revolution

Early history: from balloons to radio control"Aircraft evolved rapidly during the First World War, with unmanned concepts soon following."From the…

Front line to bread line: what the US election result means for jobless veterans

Now the bunting has been taken down and the tickertape swept up, Obama must quickly address the issue of unemployed…
Comrades and rotor blades: how EDA exercises bond across borders

The air is as heavy with tension as it is with rain. The high-value target holed up in an innocent-looking…
Cyber security – US election embraces the Cinderella issue

Despite decades of increasingly high-profile cyber attacks against infrastructure, military and government targets, cyber security has been perceived as a…
Testing times – how Millbrook Proving Ground transformed military vehicle trials

Berenice Baker: When was Millbrook founded?Julian Bryan: Millbrook was first designed by Vauxhall and Bedford Truck with construction beginning in…
Striking a chord with integrated soldier system controls

The main purpose of infantry soldiers is to engage the enemy, and increasing numbers of high-tech electronic systems are enabling…

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