Strike from the Sea
Armada launches its new Stirling column providing the latest news and developments in the Special Forces community. Named after David Stirling, the founder of...
Heavy Metal
Around the world, navies are procuring multi-purpose and flexible frigates and destroyers with new generation sensors and weapons capable of accomplishing a wide-range of...
Turrets Syndrome
Vehicle turrets are growing increasingly sophisticated in a number of areas, from advances in ammunition to different uses of automation. There has been a...
Rotors Over The Ocean
This year’s Farnborough International Airshow held in the United Kingdom in July saw a number of significant announcements regarding the naval support helicopter domain,...
The Magic Bullet Theory
As Armada was going to press, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) launched three ballistic missiles off its eastern coast towards the Yellow...
Corvettes on Course
“Increasing demand for flexible ships that can adapt to multiple missions has been driving the corvette market over the last fifteen years,” notes Stephane...
Vehicles For Change
Current counter-insurgency operations are occurring in vast theatres in North Africa and the Middle East, often in semi-arid and desert conditions. This is spurring...
Catch-22
A quiet revolution is occurring in naval communications. The stalwart Link-11 Tactical Data Link (TDL) is being replaced by Link-22. How does this new...
Prevention Is Better Than Cure
The military vehicle maintenance market is in a state of transition: The model that came into play over a decade of US-led combat operations...
What Lies Beneath?
Ship categories are changing: As navies are required to respond to an ever-increasing spectrum of traditional and non-traditional threats, the lines of classification between...
