contents 10 11 42 6 NEWS AND CONTRACTS


14 AFTER THE FIRE General Dave Gawn's outlines the hopes and fears behind Afghanistan's exit strategy


20 LIGHTNING STRIKES The story behind UK MoD's choice of the next


generation STOVL fighter for the RAF and RN


23 MY AIM IS TRUE Reporting on the new ‘green bullets’ which are


grabbing the attention of international forces


26 THUMBS UP FOR ROBUST FOXHOUND The successful trials of the latest UK LPPV have turned


heads and significantly grown the order book


30 AIR APPARENT In a few months the much-anticipated Airbus A400M


will enter military service with several air forces 25 51 58


36 BRAVE NEW WORLD Modern warfare has become very real at the new high-


tech training facility at Fort Riley


40 LIGHTWEIGHT DOMINATOR Elbit Systems' new communications suite has just


made the dismounted soldier’s life a lot lighter


44 NORWEGIANS WOULD Norway's military strength has shifted up a gear as


more CV 90 designs are brought to theatre


48 STRYKER FORCE A multi-million dollar programme for new and


upgraded Stryker vehicles for US troops takes shape


54 COUNTER IED Excitement builds at West


Point, where new software is accurately tracking IEDs and making soldiers's lives a lot safer


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