Dangers of the Deep
Easy to deploy and cheap to acquire, maritime mines and underwater explosives pose a real threat to navies and commercial shipping by reducing freedom...
SEA to showcase Decksim Technology to International Navies
Cohort company SEA has been invited to outline the latest developments in portable training options for Flight Deck Officers (FDOs) at a meeting of...
Over The Ocean
While they are primarily used by air forces, with armies, following closely behind, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are becoming an asset that naval forces...
Local Stability in Troubled Times
The 34-day war that erupted in Lebanon in 2006 involving the Israeli armed forces and the Hezbollah insurgent organisation resulted in an expansion of...
Strike from the Sea
Armada launches its new Stirling column providing the latest news and developments in the Special Forces community. Named after David Stirling, the founder of...
Catch-22
A quiet revolution is occurring in naval communications. The stalwart Link-11 Tactical Data Link (TDL) is being replaced by Link-22. How does this new...
UDT 2017: Optimising the constraints by maximising the variables
With the growth that the underwater defence sector has seen of late and the rapid increase in the number of nations planning to expend...
New era of technological evolution arrives with first Wärtsilä HY contract
The technology group Wärtsilä has received its first order for the recently introduced Wärtsilä HY, a hybrid power module that combines engines, an energy...
IMDEX Show News – Brazil Expands its Horizons
Brazil’s new OTH-100 High Frequency (HF: three megahertz/MHz to 30MHz) naval surveillance radar is expected to be operational by 2018, confidential sources have informed...
IMDEX Show News – MFRAD Radar To Commence Sea Trials By Year End
GEM Elettronica plans to commence sea trials of its MFRAD X-band (8.5-10.68 gigahertz) naval surveillance radar by the end of the year, the company...