Tag: strategic communications
Ready Mercury?
The US Navy has shared details with Armada regarding its ongoing plans to replace the force’s existing Boeing E-6B Mercury TACAMO aircraft.
The TACAMO...
Put to the Test
The annual Steadfast Cobalt exercise tests the interoperability of military communications systems and networks supporting the NATO Response Force.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s...
Bad News Travels Fast
The US Navy’s E-6B Mercury aircraft is a key component of the United States’ strategic nuclear deterrent. Thoughts are turning to its replacement.
On 19th...
Heaven’s Above
Late last year it was revealed that the US Space Force had taken over all the Department of Defence’s military satellite communications. What does...
Currawong’s Song
The Australian Defence Force’s Currawong battlefield communications system provides a plethora of links to deployed forces at tactical and operational levels.
Taking its name from...
Tranches and Transceivers
New Zealand is overhauling her army’s communications and command and control systems as part of an ambitious modernisation initiative.
The New Zealand Network Enabled Army...
Coast to Coast
New Zealand will soon receive new high frequency transmitters as part of an ongoing programme to overhaul the country’s military HF communications infrastructure.
Sources close...
Ionosphere Investigations – DARPA’s Ouija Programme Gets Underway
The US’ Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Ouija programme will delve into the mysterious world of ionospheric high frequency communications.
Skywave HF (three to...
Zero Day, Plug and Play
As far as codenames for military exercises are concerned, they don’t come much better than STEADFAST COBALT.
Starting on 16th May STEADFAST COBALT tests...
