Clear Communications in the Shadows
Next generation communications including software defined radios will ensure special forces can use voice and data across a full spectrum of missions.
In line with...
Let There Be Light
As a concept, Lidar has been around for decades. However, recent years have seen a sharp uptake in interest in the technology, as sensors...
UAVs evolve to meet the changing mission
Published in the October/November 2020 Issue - Unmanned aerial vehicles can be employed from the smallest to largest military formations, to meet a developing...
Poland looks to shed robes of the past
Poland is on the defence acquisition trail to replace its old Soviet-era equipment, even if the new budget and strategy looks optimistic.
Poland has undoubtably...
C-UAS – Solving the Detection Problem
Small unmanned systems are often difficult for engaged ground forces to detect - but help is at hand.
As we have seen in the UAV...
Fighting Fascism
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) came to prominence with its declaration of a worldwide caliphate in June 2014. Soon after, it...
Keeping Your Ears Open
The past twelve months has witnessed interesting activity in the Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) gathering domain of airborne electronic warfare, with the Syrian and Iraqi...
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...
Seeing Things
Military vehicles have used optronics, such as night vision devices, for decades for observation and targeting, driver aids and, more recently, local all-round vision,...
Hitting Where It Hurts
With the advancement in equipment and technology associated with “Near Peer” states including Russia, NATO members and other allied nations are becoming increasingly concerned...
