Turkey eyes a slice of global drone market
It's been a big month for Turkey's drone industry, with the commissioning of the TCG Anadolu, the world's first navy carrier to carry a...
UK MoD contracts SEA for continued Royal Navy surface ship combat system support
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded defence mission solutions company SEA a five-year contract to provide in-service combat system support, focused on...
May Radio Roundup
Message Received!
In mid-April Systematic announced it had received a contract from the Royal Navy to help develop Message Text Formats (MTFs) and produce...
SPOC’s Ears
The US Air Force’s SPOC airborne communications system moves forward, helping the air force’s realisation of its Airborne Battle Management System concept.
Towards late March,...
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...
Counter UAS becomes top priority in Ukraine war
No conflict or external threat has so extensively tested drone warfare as the Ukraine war, nor highlighted the devastating consequences of not having deployed...
NATO’s ‘Dynamic Mongoose’ ASW exercise demonstrates alliance deterrence capability
NATO navies completed on 5 May the alliance’s ‘Dynamic Mongoose’ anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise in the North Atlantic.
‘Dynamic Mongoose’ is NATO’s long-standing annual North...
Poland Beefs-up Air Defences
The Polish Government took steps to further strengthen its air defences with its announcement on April 28th of award of a contract to MBDA...
May Spectrum SitRep
Armada’s monthly round-up of all the latest electronic warfare news in the product, programme and operational domains.
Lightning Protection
In early April BAE Systems received a...