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The Switchblade 600 tactical missile system (Image credit: AeroVironment)

Pentagon requests $300 million for secret drone programme

The U.S. Department of Defense submitted a classified request to Congress last week, to redirect $300 million of approved funding from other budgets to...
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February Radio Roundup

Armada’s monthly roundup of all the latest news in the military communications product, programme and operational domains. New Software Router In early December Bittium was contracted...
Northrop Grumman SDA Transport Layer Tranche-2 Satellites

January Radio Roundup

Armada’s monthly roundup of all the latest news in the military communications product, programme and operational domains. Band aid Thales expects to have prototypes of a...
A2PATS

January Spectrum SitRep

Armada’s monthly round-up of all the latest electronic warfare news in the product, programme and operational domains. COALESCE is More BAE Systems announced a contract win...
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...
MARTAC T38 Devil Ray

2024 will see the AI conveyor belt move faster

During the past five years we've seen the U.S. and European militaries work hard to understand AI, plan for AI and invest in being...
T2TL Artist Rendering

The Transporter

The US Space Development Agency is moving ahead with a large constellation of low Earth orbit satellites to support missile attack early warning and...
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...
PLA Troops in Sidecar

MDO With Chinese Characteristics

The US DOD’s annual report on the People’s Liberation Army contains some interesting discussion of the importance the force attaches to connectivity. On 19th October,...
Army 2030 Communications Reliance

Commercial Break

The US Army is looking to deepen the involvement of private-sector satellite communications providers to satisfy its needs as the force embraces MDO and...

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Adapting to Win!

The M777 155mm/39 cal Light Towed Howitzer

Run out of Guns

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