For military helicopter operations, a landing site is not just a place where the aircraft can get on the ground. It is a point in the mission where speed, exposure, terrain, aircraft performance, personnel movement and threat all meet. A site may appear large enough. It may be close to the objective. It may look […]
Air ambulance crews routinely operate into locations that were never designed as helicopter landing sites. A road traffic collision, rural casualty, industrial incident, sporting injury or medical emergency may require the aircraft to land in a field, public open space, school playing field, car park or other ad hoc location close to the incident. In […]
In our previous article, the focus was on why Counter-UAS capability starts with planning rather than equipment. The next step is understanding what that planning is actually based on. At the centre of any effective Counter-UAS assessment is a clear understanding of the physical environment. Terrain, structures, vegetation, and infrastructure do not just form the […]
Optimising Counter-UAS and Sensor Suites with FPPT Counter-UAS capability is often discussed in terms of technology. New radars, better cameras, smarter effectors. In practice, most failures in counter-UAS operations are not caused by poor equipment, but by poor placement. Sensors that cannot see, systems that do not overlap, and defences that look robust on paper […]
Specialist firearms teams have one of the most difficult jobs imaginable in law enforcement. They have to handle situations where there is heightened risk to threatened parties, members of the public and themselves from, potentially, the most dangerous adversaries. Scenarios include policing operations against potentially armed criminals, hostage and kidnap situations, and the protection of […]
