• Digital Battlespace

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  30th June 2021

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• Land Warfare

  Aggregated SATCOM accelerates in the US

  11th June 2021

  In 2022, US Army Brigade Combat Teams should be equipped with a new tool for seamless and resilient communications in contested environments.

• Defence Notes

  US set for modest cyber budget increase despite deepening threats

  16th June 2021

  US cybersecurity is hardly strapped for cash — but officials in the DoD and other federal agencies had reason to hope for much more.

• Defence Notes

  Disruptive technology holds the key to multi-domain integration, says STRATCOM chief

  27th May 2021

  The UK must innovate and develop a ‘competitive edge’ with AI, quantum computing and other emerging technologies if it is to achieve effective multi-domain integration, Gen Sir Patrick Sanders told the RUSI Strategic Command Conference.

• Digital Battlespace

  US military aims to avoid being elbowed out of the spectrum

  11th May 2021

  Recently released prototype proposals would improve how the DoD manages its use of the electromagnetic spectrum.

• Digital Battlespace

  Staying connected - the technologies supporting assured military communications (Studio)

  4th June 2021

  In an age of great power competition, armed forces must consider how best to deploy formations to the ‘tactical edge’, where adversary forces can severely disrupt levels in connectivity.

• Digital Battlespace

  5G rollout prompts USAF to look into IoT security

  9th April 2021

  USAF picks a partner for scalable cybersecurity with 5G devices.

• Defence Notes

  Alarm bells continue to ring in the West over Chinese state-owned enterprises

  22nd April 2021

  A U-turn from the UK, as seen in last month’s Integrated Review, typifies concern over the risk of Chinese interference in strategically important industries.

• Defence Notes

  NATO eyes 5G but proceeds with caution

  19th March 2021

  NATO is exploring the potential of 5G for fast and effective military communication through secure networks. However, the alliance lacks a specific policy and strategy for 5G, and a balance must be struck between the opportunities and threats that the technology presents.

• Digital Battlespace

  MANET supports Agile Combat Employment demonstration

  15th March 2021

  Mobile ad hoc networking could help USAF establish and operate small, rapidly deployable airbases in geographically dispersed anti-access and area denial environments.

• Defence Notes

  Effective C-sUAS demands agile mindset

  12th January 2021

  A new strategy from the DoD describes how the US armed forces can mitigate or defeat the risks posed by small drones to personnel, facilities and assets. Whereas previous strategies followed a piecemeal or service-specific approach, this time the DoD looked at the challenges confronting the whole department.

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Tethered UAV offers persistent surveillance

  9th November 2020

  ​Orion 2 can carry ISR and communications payloads while streaming EO/IR imagery

• Digital Battlespace

  Franco-German axis stumbles in the grey zone

  30th October 2020

  ​The proliferation of grey zone threats from Russia and China poses a geopolitical challenge for the EU, particularly close political partners France and Germany

• Defence Notes

  US evaluates nanoscale defogging technology

  21st October 2020

  Material is engineered at the nanoscale to control light and electromagnetic waves

• Defence Notes

  China, computer chips and supply chains

  20th August 2020

  On 14 September 2019, the Islamic Republic of Iran launched an audacious unconventional military attack on critical infrastructure facilities in Saudi Arabia, at Abqaiq and …

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 ...