Dutch Military Communications

Talking Dutch

Discussions concerning the procurement of new tactical radios to support the Dutch military’s Foxtrot communications modernisation programme are entering their final stages.  The Netherlands...
The new eight bay hanger at Boeing's Cecil Field, Jacksonville, MRO location.

Boeing Data Driven MRO at the Centre of Cecil Field Expansion

Boeing’s determination to keep its Government Services defence Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) business at the global leading edge is witnessed no clearer than...
V-BAT

V-Bat Unmanned Aerial System for US Coast Guard

Shield AI has received another order for its V-Bat Unmanned Aerial System. The US Coast Guard announced on 2 July 2024 its award of...
CIRCM on CH-47

July Spectrum SitRep

Armada’s monthly round-up of all the latest electronic warfare news in the product, programme and operational domains. Captain CIRCM In early June Northrop Grumman announced that...
Destroyed Pantsir system

To Kill a Pantsir

Armada has been briefed on some of the tactics used to engage and defeat the 96K6 Pantsir-S1 series SHORAD system. The 96K6 Pantsir-S1 (NATO...

Radioflash! Episode 14: Living on the Frontline

Estonia is experiencing the challenges of Russian hybrid warfare first hand and is most likely in the direct path of any future military action...

Radioflash! Episode 13: Smart Thinking

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are two much-heralded technologies set to revolutionise signals intelligence collection, processing and dissemination. An increasingly congested radio spectrum is set...
USS Carl Vinson

‘RIMPAC’ naval presence underlines Indo-Pacific/Euro-Atlantic strategic linkage

The US Navy’s (USN’s) major biennial ‘Rim of the Pacific’ (‘RIMPAC’) exercise got underway off Hawaii on 27 June, with the exercise’s routine multinational...
Boeing STL New Factory

Boeing Bets on Future Projects by Investing Early in Facility Expansion in St. Louis

Building work on the Boeing St. Louis Brownleigh site, known as the Advanced Combat Air Facility, is now in Phase 2 and - give...
Mjölner CV90 firing

Netherlands Army Fielding Turreted Mortars

The Dutch Army is joining the armies which have adopted the turreted mortar. On 12 June 2024 the Netherlands Ministry of Defence announced it...

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SOF

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The M777 155mm/39 cal Light Towed Howitzer

Run out of Guns