Communication Improves Combat Effectiveness
Every day, warfighters are exposed to noise levels that can negatively affect combat performance and cause hearing damage. From impulse blasts due to ammunition...
Taking tactical communications to the next level with Bittium Tough SDR tactical radios
Bittium, the Finnish pioneer in tactical software defined radios, known from its Bittium Tactical Wireless IP Network™ (TAC WIN), is starting large-scale deliveries of...
EDITOR’S BUNKER BRIEFING (4 May 2020)
Dear Readers,
COVID-19 WILL RESULT IN DEFENCE BUDGETS REDUCTION
On Monday 27 April Armada’s contributing analyst Andrew Hunter, who is the director of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives...
First GlobalEye Arrives Into UAE on Schedule
On Wednesday 29 April the UAE Air Force took delivery of its first Saab GlobalEye Swing Role Surveillance System aircraft which had been flown...
UK Government Delays Integrated Security, Defence and Foreign Policy Review
During the Queen’s Speech on 19 December 2019, the Government announced plans to conduct an Integrated Security, Defence and Foreign Policy Review.
Heralded as...
Airbus tops off first fully automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) with a boom
Airbus has achieved the first ever fully automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) operation with a boom system.
Test flights
The flight test campaign, conducted earlier in the...
Saab Signs Support Contract With British Army
Saab has signed a three-year contract with the UK Ministry of Defence for the provision of support and services to the Direct Fire Weapon...
Field Aerospace Awarded KRACEn Contract
Field Aerospace was selected as an awardee on the Kits, Recovery, Augmentation, Components and Engines (KRACEn) Multiple Award Contract (MAC) supporting the United States...
Saab Begins Flight Testing for new X-band AESA radar
On Wednesday 8 April Saab conducted the first air trial of its new fighter X-band Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar.
During a 90...
Northrop Grumman’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Continues to Protect the US Navy
The U.S. Navy awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation $165 million for Lot 9 full rate production (FRP) of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM)...
