Tag: OCCAR
Italy signs contract for two FREMM EVO frigates
The Italian Navy (ITN) will receive two new FREMM multi-role frigates, under a contract announced on 31 July. The ships will be built to...
Slovenia Upgrades Ground Forces
Slovenia’s government announced its intention to make major acquisitions for its ground forces as part of its ongoing programs under Prime Minister Robert Golob...
Crest of a Wave
This year’s Eurosatory exhibition, held in Paris between 17th and 21st June, was an opportunity to learn about the status and plans for the...
Thales Provides Expeditionary Operations Centre Demonstrator to French Navy for Drone-based Mine Countermeasures Missions
Thales took less than six months to develop the Expeditionary Portable Operations Centre (e-POC), a lightweight, full-function mission planning, management and analysis demonstrator...
Ninth Italian FREMM frigate launched
The Italian Navy’s (ITN’s) ninth Bergamini-class FREMM multi-mission frigate was launched in late November, shipbuilder Fincantieri has revealed.
The ITN’s FREMM fleet will number 10...
NATO Says Yes To ESSOR
NATO’s long-standing quest to introduce a secure, wideband networking waveform to be used across its membership may be nearing conclusion.
It seems highly likely that...
Italy approves build work for third U212 NFS submarine
Italy’s parliament has approved construction of boat three in the Italian Navy’s (ITN’s) four-boat U212 NFS (Near Future Submarine) diesel-electric submarine (SSK) class.
In a...
Comms in a Cold Climate
Recent purchases of new communications systems are one of several command and control modernisations ongoing in the Finnish Army.
In early December 2022 Conlog announced...
Testing Times
Europe’s ESSOR wideband waveform takes an important step forward in its quest to enhance tactical communications interoperability.
The A4ESSOR consortium announced at this year’s Eurosatory...
ESSOR Moves Ahead
Sources tell Armada that Europe’s ESSOR tactical radio waveform could be ready for use by early 2022.
The news follows the announcement in May that...
