babcock

Babcock JV Acquisition Strengthens Strategic Position Down Under

The Babcock International Group has announced that it will acquire the remaining 50 percent interest in its Australian Naval Ship Management (NSM) joint venture...
IISS

IISS Launches Military Balance 2022

On 15 February, The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) launched the 2022 edition of The Military Balance, in a year that is characterised...
Defence Ministers

Russian/Belarus Exercises Squeeze Ukraine from North and South

As Russian forces began to mass in Belarus along Ukraine’s borders, in January the Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Alexander...
ColdWar

Ukraine Tension Heats Cold War Incursions

Speak to the majority of military personnel with experience of the Cold War and most will confirm that Russian air force and naval activities...
DARPA-unmanned-black-hawk

DARPA’s First Flight for ALIAS equipped Black Hawk

The United States Defense Advanced Reserch Projects Agency (DARPA) has revealed that a Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter has completed its first unmanned flight...

Electronic Warfare Podcast 16: Where Eagles Dare

Author and historian Mike Guardia joins us to discuss his latest book Skybreak looking at the career of the US Air Force’s F-15Cs during...
AI-Podcast-15

Electronic Warfare Podcast 15: Concept Album

The concept of operations philosophy is migrating to the world of defence system research, design and development. Traditionally the Concept of Operations (CONOPS) approach is...
MQ-9A (French Air Force)

February Spectrum SitRep

Armada’s monthly round-up of all the latest electronic warfare news in the product, programme and operational domains. Products Towards the end of 2021 Mercury Systems unveiled...
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers put their training into practice

Signal, Manoeuvre

More details come to light on the British Army’s future cyber and electromagnetic activities posture. The British Army’s Future Soldier Guide was published in...
uk-royal-navy

Defence Commission report calls for bigger UK navy

The UK Royal Navy (RN) needs more platforms to allow it to meet a growing list of commitments, a report by the influential, cross-party...

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SOF

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The M777 155mm/39 cal Light Towed Howitzer

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