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Active Ingredient

The USAF’s new B-21 bomber may be outfitted with active jamming decoys to enhance self protection. Sources close to the United States Air Force (USAF)...
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Virtual is a Virtue

Despite the pandemic NATO puts alliance and member communications systems through their paces. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) rounded off its STEADFAST COBALT exercise...
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Warp Factor Nine

DARPA’s WARP RF deconfliction programme moves forward. The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) WARP programme aims to provide narrowband sensitivity with wideband performance....
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ULA Launches Delta IV Heavy Rocket Carrying U.S. Space Force Payload

The launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket on 26 April was conducted on behalf of the U.S. National Reconnaissance...
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EU Looks to Optimise for Greater Strategic Autonomy

On 22 April the European Defence Agency (EDA) announced the implementation of OPTIMISE, a project led by Spanish company Skylife Engineering but involving nine...
Crumbcatcher SIGINT System

Oh Crumbs!

Launched in April, Crumbcatcher is Northeast Information Discovery’s first SIGINT product. The company has teamed up with COMINT Consulting to provide “access to over four...
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BAE Beowolf to be Evaluated for US Army CATV

BAE Systems confirmed that it has been contracted by the US Army to provide two of its Beowolf articulated tracked all-terrain vehicles for evaluation....
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U.S. Navy begins first Manned-Unmanned Naval Capabilities Exercise in the Pacific

On 19 April the U.S. Navy began its inaugural multi-domain manned and unmanned capabilities exercise, Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem 21 (UxS IBP21), which is...
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Indonesian Navy loses contact with Submarine off Bali

An Indonesian Navy (Tentar Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Laut - TNI-AL) has lost contact with one of its Cakra-class submarines, KRI Nanggala 402 in the waters...
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Heavy Metal Takes a Knock in UK’s Integrated Defence Review

The United Kingdom’s Integrated Defence Review published in March 2021 had some surprises, and a few ‘well known’ secrets, such as the force reduction...

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