June Radio Round-Up: Military Communications News

Welcome to the first of Armada's new Radio Round-Up articles where each month we highlight all the latest news in the military communications products,...
Thales AN/PRC-148 radio

Casting the Net: New Combat Net Radios for the US Army

The US Army’s Combat Net Radio programme heralds new transceivers for the US armed forces to eventually replace legacy SINCGARS systems. It has been a...
STEADFAST COBALT Exercise

Zero Day, Plug and Play

As far as codenames for military exercises are concerned, they don’t come much better than STEADFAST COBALT. Starting on 16th May STEADFAST COBALT tests...
BAE Systems Terrier armoured vehicle

British Army Creates Experimental Trials Group to Speed Up Understanding and Fielding of New...

The British Army has formed an Experimentation and Trials Group (ETG) to trial, experiment with and develop new technology. The aim is to speed...
The US Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) C2 system from Northrop Grumman will use cloud computing and new communications protocols. (Northrop Grumman)

Speaking across the Divide

While JADC2 heralds a paradigm shift in how the US armed forces and allied services share information, its implementation faces distinct challenges.  On paper, the...

Look what I’ve found!

The capture of a Russian SATCOM system could yield useful intelligence for NATO. In early April, Ukrainian forces revealed they had captured a Russian Army...

Sensing Trouble

A new research initiative will examine both countermeasures against 5G-based passive sensing and general applications of 5G passive sensing technology. Dr. Christos Ilioudis is a...

TETRA Talk

More details have emerged regarding the Russian Army’s use of tactical communications in the Ukraine theatre of operations. On 24th March social media video emerged...

Russian Radiation

Any future invasion of Ukraine will see the Russian Army manoeuvring aggressively in the electromagnetic spectrum against a Ukrainian Army knowing what to expect. “Music,...

China Crisis

Two recent reports evaluate China’s electronic warfare capabilities and their implication for Asia-Pacific security. The US Department of Defence’s (DOD) annual report to Congress on...

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