USAF Participation in Noble Skywave

Competition Time!

Exercise Noble Skywave works to push the boundaries of high frequency communications through a series of competitions testing the mettle of its participants. It may...
USS Carney

Western navies increase response to rebel threat to Red Sea shipping

Western navies are increasing their collective response to the maritime attacks being conducted by Yemeni-based rebels against merchant shipping operating in the southern Red...
A2PATS

January Spectrum SitRep

Armada’s monthly round-up of all the latest electronic warfare news in the product, programme and operational domains. COALESCE is More BAE Systems announced a contract win...
ECA Group

Beating the Minefield With Autonomous Countermeasures

The potential for autonomous mine hunting is now being realised - and the demand for it is growing. Technological developments in mine countermeasure (MCM) systems...
3D printer - USS Essex

Back to the Future

Can Additive Manufacturing processes really deliver useful support to deployed naval vessels? On 1 August 1785, Jean François de Galaup (comte de Lapérouse) set sail...
MARTAC T38 Devil Ray

2024 will see the AI conveyor belt move faster

During the past five years we've seen the U.S. and European militaries work hard to understand AI, plan for AI and invest in being...
Saab Kockums A26

Sweden contracts Saab to conduct future underwater capability studies

Swedish defence systems house Saab has been contracted by FMV – Sweden’s defence materiel administration – to conduct concept development studies for future underwater...
pureLiFi Kitefin system

Let There Be Light

How can optical wireless communications help militaries satisfy their insatiable appetite for data as the radio spectrum becomes more congested and contested? Much of Armada’s...
The Italian Navy’s ninth FREMM frigate

Ninth Italian FREMM frigate launched

The Italian Navy’s (ITN’s) ninth Bergamini-class FREMM multi-mission frigate was launched in late November, shipbuilder Fincantieri has revealed. The ITN’s FREMM fleet will number 10...
EW Equipment

December Spectrum SitRep

Armada’s monthly round-up of all the latest electronic warfare news in the product, programme and operational domains. Local Knowledge Infozahyst has announced a technical cooperation agreement...

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