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Tricking-up the HARM

The US Air Force’s new Stand-In Attack Missile is showing potential as a versatile weapon to hold time-sensitive targets at risk thanks to its...
Don Bacon

Congress’ EMSO Champion

In an exclusive interview, Armada chats to Don Bacon, a tireless electronic warfare advocate who has recently been re-elected to the US House of...
The F-35 is equipped with BAE Systems’ AN/ASQ-239 EW suite

The Dark Arts of Aerial Survival

Aircraft defensive aids systems are evolving as threats become increasingly more capable. While many of the lessons to be learnt from the ongoing (2023) Russo-Ukrainian...
United States Air Force (USAF) Grey Wolf Helicopter

ISTEC delivers first batch of weapon integration mounts for the new USAF Grey Wolf...

ISTEC Services Limited, the British company with 35 years of operationally proven experience in the design, manufacture and supply of complex weapon integration solutions...
Boeing B-52H Stratofortress

Significant USAF B-52 Force Now in Europe and the Middle East

Ten Boeing B-52H Stratofortresses are currently deployed across Europe and the Middle East, representing nearly 15 percent of the entire U.S. Air Force fleet...
E-6B TACAMO

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...
L-MADIS

Broadening C-UAS Detection and Take-down

While the Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems developers steadily increase in numbers and expertise, it can be the detection of low, slow and small UAVs that...
Naval Strike Missiles (NSM)

KONGSBERG to Establish Missile Factory in the US

Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace (‘KONGSBERG’) is building a state-of-the-art missile production facility in the United States to meet global demand, following expansion in Norway...
Airbus Do-DT25 drone

Above and Beyond the Trenches

While small UAVs are proving their value on the battlefield in Ukraine for ISR and attack, there is an ongoing drive for larger, longer...
A T-45C Goshawk

US Navy Overhauls Pilot Training

The United States Navy (USN) was short of almost 100 fighter pilots in mid-July 2022 and the problem is not expected to improve anytime...

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