Thales SMART-L naval surveillance radar

Naval Radar Market Forecast $2.6 Billion Over 15 Years

The market for naval surveillance radars to equip large surface combatants could be worth in excess of $2.6 billion over the next 15 years. Naval...
AN/TPQ-53 radars

Detect to Defeat

A new generation of ground-based radars now entering service are delivering dramatic leaps in performance. The modern battlefield features a bewildering and complex array of...
SABR

AESA Radar – Required Not Desired

For some years now, whether or not a fighter has an AESA radar has been a key discriminator, but the technology is increasingly being...
RAAF

Listening Out of Sight

The importance of airborne intelligence gathering has been underlined by the war in Ukraine and listening almost from a position of anonymity is a...
The EDGE Group stand at IDEX

Gulf Defence Industry Shows Its Maturity

The IDEX defence expo in the United Arab Emirates and the World Defence Show in Saudi Arabia are prime examples of how Gulf defence...
ECA Group

Beating the Minefield With Autonomous Countermeasures

The potential for autonomous mine hunting is now being realised - and the demand for it is growing. Technological developments in mine countermeasure (MCM) systems...
3D printer - USS Essex

Back to the Future

Can Additive Manufacturing processes really deliver useful support to deployed naval vessels? On 1 August 1785, Jean François de Galaup (comte de Lapérouse) set sail...
AlkathGroup_003

Navigating the Electromagnetic Storm

Phil Guy – Managing Director, Mellori Solutions (An Alkath Group Company) - Adapting Maritime EW Sensors to the Age of Adversary Software-Defined Radar Technology. In today's...
The US Army IVAS

Looking Beyond the Mark One Eyeball

The need for soldiers to know their immediate surroundings is essential to both their combat effectiveness and survival. Basic ‘situational awareness’ on the battlefield comes...
USS Ponce

High Power Defence

After a stuttering start, directed energy/laser weapons are beginning to gain traction as viable ‘soft kill’ options for military forces. In January 2022, the US...

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SOF

Adapting to Win!

The M777 155mm/39 cal Light Towed Howitzer

Run out of Guns

liberation of Syria

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