Digital Battlespace is the only dedicated publication delivering news, information and analysis for the global C4ISR community. The bi-monthly publication and dedicated online news service extend Shephard’s existing services to the global C4ISR community, and reinforce the success of the company’s related handbooks and events. The DB team delivers timely news, analysis and comment on the pressing issues facing the C4ISR community. The magazine is delivered to a hand-picked audience of government and military decision-makers and opinion leaders throughout the globe and the audience keep in touch with issues on a day to day basis through the dedicated www.digital-battlespace.com portal.

DB is the only magazine of its type that keeps the audience in touch with the global issues covering all regions of the world. Leveraging Shephard's expertise in defence and aerospace reporting, the journal continues the company’s tradition of professional, timely and original reporting. Through Shephard’s team of in house journalists and expansive, global network of dedicated correspondents, DB covers the widest possible range of issues of concern to the C4ISR practitioners, covering everything from sensor development to network generation, through concepts of operation to procurement practices.

Whether you are an expert wanting to know the challenges facing the C4ISR community, or a company wanting to reach the right decision-makers, DB is the only magazine that you can rely on to deliver.

3 Comment
With free Olympic wi-fi for London looming, Editor Andrew White considers connectivity issues and their implications for world militaries.

4 News
HP draws lessons from RAF’s Libyan AMPA deployment…
NATO virtualises ISAF data infrastructure…
UK sets out cyber defence plans…
Curtiss-Wright creates new defence division…
First Indian EMB 145 AEW&C takes flight…

8 SPECIAL REPORT
Gone with the wind
Wind turbines located close to air surveillance radars cause clutter which can obscure genuine aircraft from view. Tom Withington explores some possible solutions.

11 COMMAND AND CONTROL
Empowering the warfighter
Against a background of continuing evolution fostered by new technologies and a decade of lessons learned, North America Editor Scott R Gourley looks at US battle management capabilities.

16 The balance of influence
The Asia-Pacific region is of growing importance to defence manufacturers, with shifts in influence and developments occurring at governmental level, as Beth Stevenson discovers.

19 COMMUNICATIONS
In too deep
Despite being a valuable tool for a nation’s self-defence, submarines have traditionally suffered from significant communications shortcomings. Claire Apthorp explores emerging solutions.

23 The cost of capacity
With industry’s ongoing struggle in convincing governments to invest more in commercial SATCOM, Andrew White looks at how manufacturers are developing cost-effective solutions to rival the ‘free’ military satellites.

28 ISR
Collectors’ items
With the Libyan conflict underlining the importance of airborne SIGINT assets, Martin Streetly provides a timely overview of platforms in service worldwide.

32 Final Word
Col Daniel Hughes, director of system of systems integration in the US Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics & Technology, talks to Scott R Gourley about smart and sustainable programme choices.

Jan/Feb 2012

(AFCEA West, WBR Defence Geospatial Intelligence, AUSA Winter,
Singapore Airshow)

• Army Battle Management
• Satellite Communications
• Asian C2
• Airborne Signals Intelligence

Mar/Apr 2012

(FIDAE, Defence IT, DSA, DefExpo, IDEB, SOFEX, SOFIC)

• Naval C2
• Ground Based Radar
• Tactical Radios
• Border Protection Systems

May/Jun 2012

(Eurosatory, UDT)

• Sonar
• Land EW
• C-IED
• European C2 Integration

Jul/Aug 2012

(Farnborough Air Show , Landwarnet, AFCEA Team C4ISR Symposium, Air Force IT Conference)

• Air Defence Networks
• Cyber Warfare
• Network Security
• Airborne ISR

Sep/Oct 2012

(Africa Aerospace and Defence, ILA Berlin Air Show, Modern Day Marine, AUSA Annual, Euronaval, Milcom, AOC Annual)

• Airborne EW
• Tactical Networks
• Maritime Situational Awareness
• Military Satellites

Nov/Dec 2012

(Zuhai Airshow)

• Integrated EW
• EO/IR
• Battlefield Communications
• Soldier Modernisation

Digital Battlespace is part of the C4ISR division in Shephard's internationally renowned publishing portfolio.

DB has circulation of over 8,240 and each printed copy has a 4 times pass on readership. (Adestra Readership Survey 2010).

Circulation has been further enhanced with the launch of our new free digital editions service.

Shephard's publications are also distributed at all major shows throughout the year.

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Chris Richman, Advertising Sales Executive on: +44 (0)1753 727018, email chris.r@shephardmedia.com