KC-390

Embraer Predicts International C-390 Tactical Transport Growth

In May, Armada International was invited to learn of Embraer’s plans for international growth during a visit to its subsidiary OGMA’s MRO and production...
US Marine Corps rifleman launches a Switchblade munition

Weapons That Watch and Wait

Loitering munitions may be increasingly morally questionable, but their effectiveness is undeniable. The use of loitering munitions during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, during Russia’s intervention...
L-MADIS

Broadening C-UAS Detection and Take-down

While the Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems developers steadily increase in numbers and expertise, it can be the detection of low, slow and small UAVs that...
ORCA

UUV Offence and Defence

Unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) provide a capability that Western navies must both capitalise on and counter. In the maritime domain, the underwater world is a...
UGV

Setting the Right Heading for UGVs

Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) have undeniable potential on the battlefield, but matching design to customer expectation is not necessarily an easy obstacle to overcome. Deploying...
Airbus Do-DT25 drone

Above and Beyond the Trenches

While small UAVs are proving their value on the battlefield in Ukraine for ISR and attack, there is an ongoing drive for larger, longer...
NASAMS

GBAD – Amost an Impossible Job

Effectively countering the threat to battlefield ground assets from air attack has become significantly more challenging as demonstrated in the Ukraine conflict. Although traditional ‘air...
HMS Queen Elizabeth

Which Kind of Intensity?

Western navies are seeking the right balance in training types between simulated, synthetic training that can deliver intensity in terms of asset or firepower...
A T-45C Goshawk

US Navy Overhauls Pilot Training

The United States Navy (USN) was short of almost 100 fighter pilots in mid-July 2022 and the problem is not expected to improve anytime...
The ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System (TJS)

Ruining Radars

Europe has embarked on an ambitious airborne electronic attack programme; a timely capability to counter a growing threat. Standby for acronyms: The European Defence Agency’s...

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