Special Forces Keep ‘Eyes On’ New Technology
Capable of conducting an extensive spread of mission sets across a complicated operating environment, special operations forces (SOF) demand the highest levels in technical...
Survivability Through Digital Stealth
Can reprogrammable electronic warfare systems provide protection for tactical aircraft in a dynamic and changing threat environment?
Leonardo believe in rapidly reprogrammable electronic warfare (EW) systems. Not only...
SOF Countercommunications Denial
As the operating environment for special operations forces (SOF) increasingly incorporates missions in anti-access/area denied (A2AD) and command and control denied or degraded environments...
Advanced Lethality
The push to enhance the lethality of the infantry at squad level and the rifleman in particular has extended beyond just the weapon itself....
China’s Jiangkai frigate roll-out delivers global reach
Dr. Lee Willett - Like any navy seeking global presence, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) will use its surface forces to project influence. A...
Move Fast, Hit Hard
As special forces remain focused on clandestine and discreet operations at extended ranges, these remote deployments continue to mould requirements for special operations vehicles...
SOF Seek Simulation to Optimise Training
Preferring to ‘train as they fight’, special operations forces (SOF) are infamous for replicating real-world environments to prepare for the execution of the full...
Winds of change in the Fighter market
Andrew Hunter - Very little stirs the blood in defence quite like a good fighter competition. Fighters are glamorous, eye-catching, and expensive. They are...
US Army Modernisation messages at AUSA
Every military force needs to modernise, but this is getting harder in the age of information as opposed to the industrial age. Andrew Drwiega...
Managing Defence Industry Risk
In many ways, the business of national security is the business of managing risk. In the United States, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs...
