Tag: US Department of Defence
March Radio Roundup
Armada's monthly roundup of all the latest news in the military communications product, programme and operational domains.
SYNCH Saves Lives
The SYNCH communications system, developed by...
SpaceX Needs to Get With the Programme
SpaceX’s provision of Starlink terminals and web connectivity to Ukraine should be applauded, but the erratic nature of some members of the company’s management...
RIPLs in the OODA Loop
An ambitious project is looking to improve cybersecurity and accessibility for US Air Force cloud computing applications.
The Robust Information Provisioning Layer, better known...
Famous Five
“5G will provide a transport layer that we’ll have to address in the Electronic Warfare (EW) community,” observed Colonel Kevin Finch. Col. Finch is...
Emergency Calls
This August the US Air Force declared an initial operational capability for its Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminal for aircraft and intercontinental ballistic missile...
Electrum for the Spectrum
The Pentagon publishes its first strategy stating how the country’s armed forces will jointly manoeuvre for superiority in the electromagnetic spectrum.
“The Nation has entered...
Radio Silence
Has a US Army initiative to develop artillery shells capable of jamming hostile communications already entered the prototype stage?
The US Army has awoken to...
Spirits in the Sky
The United States Air Force (USAF) will commence production of the first phase of the Northrop Grumman B-2A Spirit strategic bomber Flexible Strike programme...
Replacing the Ex-Pistols
On 18th January the US Army announced that Sig Sauer had been selected to provide its XM17 Modular Handgun System (MHS).
The selection followed two...
Tilting with Valour
Bell Helicopter is on course to perform the first flight of its V-280 Valour tilt-rotor by September 2017, the company tells Armada.
Bell Helicopters under contract...