Dismounted Finnish troops in winter camo

Comms in a Cold Climate

Recent purchases of new communications systems are one of several command and control modernisations ongoing in the Finnish Army. In early December 2022 Conlog announced...
Schriever Space Force Base

Heaven’s Above

Late last year it was revealed that the US Space Force had taken over all the Department of Defence’s military satellite communications. What does...
PRC flag at PLA HQ

A Tale of Two Systems

The People’s Liberation Army is planning to emulate the US Department of Defence’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept. Towards the end of 2022 the...
US Army Blue Force Tracker

January Radio Roundup

Armada's monthly roundup of all the latest news in the military communications product, programme and operational domains. BFT For All to See Inmarsat has shared details...
Russian "Azart" radios

Talking the Talk

Translated official Russian documents seen by Armada provide an insight into how tactical communications are deployed by Russia’s army on the battlefield. In April...
AN/PRC-163 Handheld Radio

Role with It

New tactical radios will soon be equipping the British Army and other UK forces replacing some of the radios in the Bowman tactical communications...
Estonia's CR-14 cyber range

Sending a Clear Message

NATO is developing new messaging standards protocol for cyberspace operations which could soon complement the Alliance’s existing messaging formats. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)...
TAK

Digital Awareness – Language and Location

Digital technology advances are offering huge potential for special forces personnel. The war in Ukraine has witnessed special operations forces (SOF) being deployed to great...
General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian UAV

December Radio Roundup

Armada's monthly roundup of all the latest news in the military communications product, programme and operational domains. Joining Forces Down Under Viasat and Trellisware are confident...
Prototype terahertz antenna

Going Up in the World

Terahertz communications promises more bandwidth and data carriage, but technological challenges remain. The United Kingdom’s Defence and Security Laboratory’s annual Operating in the Future Electromagnetic...

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