TCG Anadolu (Anadolu Agency image)

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...
HMS LANCASTER

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...
Systematic IRIS Software

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...
Northrop Grumman USAF SPOC Airborne Radio

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,...
NATO Mobile SATCOM

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...
ICBM Test

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...
Raytheon MIM-104 Patriot Defence System

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’ exercise

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...
Lockheed Martin F-35

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...

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