• Digital Battlespace

  Li-Fi enhances US Army connectivity

  8th December 2021

  Li-Fi optical wireless communications solve certain limitations associated with RF communications, says US Army.

• Digital Battlespace

  Blu Wireless launches 5G communications capability for military vehicles

  10th November 2021

  Tactical real-time integration via 5G of multi-spectral sensor data from multiple sources may define the future of battlefield communications.

• Training

  I/ITSEC 2021: Military must address AI disconnect from lab to frontline

  30th November 2021

  A roadmap, including a plan to address training requirements, is needed to ensure that US military AI programmes are not lost in translation from theory into practice.

• Naval Warfare

  Airbus provides SATCOM to UK CSG21

  15th November 2021

  Airbus is delivering BLoS comms capability for all the UK CSG, while Skynet 6A has begun production.

• Defence Notes

  A Modern Approach to Cyber Security (Sponsored)

  16th December 2021

  Everybody knows the story of Troy. Battlefield tactics that create confusion and deception at all ranks and thereby provide serious advantages to attacking forces have been in use for thousands of years. Advantages are exacerbated when the confusion (fog of war) is generated in multiple domains.

• Digital Battlespace

  New cyber threat offers potentially useful tool for militaries

  28th October 2021

  A novel method of data exfiltration could enable undetectable long-range communications in hostile battle zones.

• Air Warfare

  Dubai Airshow 2021: All relatively quiet on the F-35 front

  19th November 2021

  A planned $23 billion FMS package for the UAE has still not been fully approved, 12 months after it was first proposed.

• Defence Notes

  Rohde & Schwarz releases new spectrum analysers

  21st October 2021

  Rohde & Schwarz has extended its popular Spectrum Rider FPH family with new models.

• Land Warfare

  iMUGS Consortium showcases 5G use in autonomous military solutions

  8th October 2021

  During the demonstration at the Ādaži military base in Latvia, troops played out various close-to-reality scenarios while using cutting-edge military technologies.

• Defence Notes

  OQ Technology and GovSat will develop defence IoT and M2M products

  30th September 2021

  The manufactures have signed an MoU and aim to offer highly scalable applications for air, land and maritime missions across the world.

• Digital Battlespace

  DSEI 2021: Nimble telecoms giant eyes slice of defence market

  15th September 2021

  First-time DSEI exhibitor Vodafone wants to find military customers for its 5G network and other services.

• Defence Notes

  Estonian 2022 defence budget will be its biggest ever

  9th October 2021

  Defence expenditure in Estonia will reach €748 million ($865.45 million) in 2022, accounting for 2.31% of predicted GDP and marking a €103 million year-on-year increase.

• Defence Notes

  Spain looks to Lanza for air surveillance modernisation

  9th September 2021

  Indra is providing its enhanced Lanza 3D radar for Spanish airspace surveillance.

• Defence Notes

  Lockheed Martin develops new hybrid antenna

  25th August 2021

  Lockheed Martin has rapidly prototyped, tested and validated the new multi-purpose antenna over a period of a few months.

• Military Logistics

  JASDF takes small digitisation step with smart base experiment

  20th July 2021

  Japan's military is lagging in terms of its digitisation, but a smart base experiment could begin to turn the tide.

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• Fighter - multirole

  Multirole Fighter (UAE)

  Programme Background Abu Dhabi has a long-standing interest in two squadrons of F-35, which had been refused until 2017 when it was reported that the ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

  MQ-9B [UAE]

  Programme Background Requirement The programme is required to meet current and future threats faced by the UAE by proving ISR, target acquisition, locating submarines and counter-land and ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Land: Radio and SATCOM

  PhantomBlu

  Produced by Blu Wireless, PlantomBlu is a millimetric wave (MMW) communications solution designed for tactical platforms. The 5G-compatible system provides self-healing networks that have a ...

• Land: Electronic Attack - Jamming

  C-Guard Netline

  Netline’s C-Guard is a family of vehicular and manpack Counter Improvised Explosive Device (CIED) systems. The vehicular variant of the system is thought to be ...

• Land: Radio and SATCOM

  CreoLand HP

  CreoLand HP is a 10W MANET radio designed for command centres, long-range applications, artillery and special forces units. Notably, it offers a data throughput of 100Mbps ...

• Data links

  Peregrine for Government

  Pelegrine for Government is a quad transceiver based on Rajant's BreadCrumb platform, designed as a mobile wireless mesh network node. Supporting Rajant's InstaMesh networking technology, it ...

• Air: NVGs

  PNL-3 BIELK

  The PNL-3 aviator's NVGs allow stereoscopic twin-eye observation, retaining the feeling of natural shapes and sizes of observed objects and scenery, according to the company. ...

• Data links

  CreoAir

  CreoAir is a broadband networking line-of-sight datalink system designed for aerial platforms. Suitable for applications up to 250km in range, it provides MANET-capable communications with ...

• UAS: Integrated systems - uncrewed

  VN-300 Dual Antenna GPS/INS

  The VN-300 is a miniature Dual Antenna GPS-aided Inertial Navigation System (GPS/INS). Incorporating MEMS sensor technology, the VN-300 combines three-axis accelerometers, gyros, magnetometers, a barometric ...

• Anti-ship missiles

  Blue Spear (5G SSM)

  The Blue Spear, also known as the 5G SSM, is a sea-skimming anti-ship missile with a land attack capability developed and procured by Proteus Advanced Systems. It ...

• Core systems: cameras and IR detectors

  XSW

  The XSW OEM module is compact and designed for integration in SWIR imaging applications. Typical OEM applications include IR imaging for man-portable and unmanned (airborne ...

• Land: Radio and SATCOM

  CreoLand Light

  Produced by Creomagic, CreoLand Light is a 1W MANET radio designed for UGVs, dismounted soldiers and light vehicles with SWaP limitations.

• Land: battle management systems

  ELITE Headquarters

  Viasat's Expeditionary Lightweight Integrated Tactical Edge (ELITE) Headquarters is a networking solution which provides enhanced situational awareness and communications in FOB and mobile command post ...

• Core systems: cameras and IR detectors

  Rufus-640

  The Rufus-640 camera can operate day and night and in varying conditions. Rufus-640 detects shortwave IR radiation between 0.9 and 1.7μm with a wide dynamic ...

• Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing

  Orion HL

  The Elistair Orion Heavy Lift (HL) is a rotary-wing tethered UAV designed for use as a persistent relay solution to form part of a secured mobile network. ...

• Land: Radio and SATCOM

  GMS Cross-Domain Systems (CDS) Family

  At AUSA 2024, General Micro Systems (GMS Computing Engines) unveiled four new cross-domain systems (CDS) designed to give air and land forces ultra-secure, real-time gigabit ...

• Military - USVs

  Sea Serpent

  The three-metre Sea Serpent is the smallest member of the Eclipse USV family that Al Seer Marine and 5G International are jointly developing for surveillance ...