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...

Hughes Looks to the Future with LEO and 5G

Editor-in-chief Andrew Drwiega was in discussion with Rick Lober, vice president and general manager, Defense & Government Systems Division, Hughes Defense regarding his company’s...
ROP system in Nuclear Security Force Vehicle

Silo Protection

The US Air Force’s ballistic missile force is receiving important communications enhancements to help protect it from hostile actions on US soil. The United...
DARPA GRYPHON Programme

It’s Just a Phase

DARPA’s GRYPHON programme uses photonics to reduce phase noise promising efficiency improvements for radio frequency applications. Radios depend on electronic oscillators which convert a Direct...
US Army Soldiers with Communications Equipment

Networking Event

The next iteration of the US Army’s Integrated Tactical Network, known as Capability Set 23, is moving ahead. The US Army’s Integrated Tactical Network (ITN)...
NATO Mobile SATCOM

Put to the Test

The annual Steadfast Cobalt exercise tests the interoperability of military communications systems and networks supporting the NATO Response Force. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s...
Multiband Test Terminal

Starship Enterprise

The Protected Tactical Enterprise Service and Protected Tactical Waveform are conferring important resilience enhancements on US military satellite communications. The United States’ Space Systems Command...
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...

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...

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