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Dr. Thomas Withington

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Editor, Defence commentator, journalist, military historian.
ALARM Missile

Difficult Decisions

Armada has been told that the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MOD) had considered supplying examples of the ALARM missile to Ukraine. A senior...
General Atomics SOAR SIGINT Pod

There be Dragons!

Reports on social media emerged in April that Royal Air Force General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper uninhabited aerial vehicles are flying equipped with the Outdragon...
Currawong Radio Interface System

May Radio Roundup

Armada’s monthly roundup of all the latest news in the military communications product, programme and operational domains. FMC300 helps SDR Upgradability Abaco Systems has shared details...
US Army Tactical Radio

Band on the Run

In-band full duplex radio communications is a potentially game-changing technology enabling simultaneous voice and data transmission and reception, and electronic warfare applications, using the...
Sky Sabre

Cleansing the Skies

A new report details the communications challenges faced by the British Army as the force looks to enhance and overhaul its ground-based air defence...
British Army Banshee BTR Radio on Display

Talking to the Banshee

A new British Army capability is providing cellular connectivity on the battlefield for voice and data traffic, along with conventional communications backhaul, all via...
HUGIN-304DF

Product Spotlight: Novator Solutions’ HUGIN-304DF and HUGIN-4000

In this new Armada column, we profile two of Novator Solution’s products, its HUGIN-304DF and HUGIN-4000 COMINT systems. Novator Solutions’ HUGIN-304DF is a tactical...

May Spectrum SitRep

Armada’s monthly round-up of all the latest electronic warfare news in the product, programme and operational domains. New COMINT Consulting Capabilities COMINT Consulting has shared with...
1L222M Avtobaza-M

Iran’s Avtobazas

Last month, Armada published an article about what maybe an Iranian version of Russia’s 1RL257E Krasukha-4 ground-based Electronic Warfare (EW) system. Information has since...
Global Counterspace Capabilities

Competition in the Cosmos

A recent report on global counterspace capabilities details space electronic warfare efforts ongoing around the world. The publication of the Secure World Foundation’s (SWF) annual...

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