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 the Eurozone crisis placing pressure on defence budgets, Editor Andrew White considers how governments are having to face up to the fiscal reality.

4 News
• US Army launches NIE 12.2
• Selex hopes for announcement on MPA
• Layered ISTAR ‘critical’ to evolving operations
• DARPA goes to market for ViSAR technology
• UK MoD confirms future C4ISR projects

8 SPECIAL REPORT
The neverending story
The use of IEDs is not only confined to the battlefields of Southwest Asia, but spans a plethora of other environments. Beth Stevenson considers the evolution of counter-IED programmes as more nations withdraw from the Afghan theatre.

12 COMMAND AND CONTROL
The full picture
Having sufficient situational awareness available on the battlefield is crucial to the success of operations. Claire Apthorp surveys some of the current European C2 programmes that have made this possible.

19 Micro management
The development of airborne battlespace management platforms has traditionally involved larger aircraft with many crew members, however this is changing as capabilities evolve, Angus Batey reports.

25 Communications
From the top
The US Office of Naval Research is looking at a radically different integrated topside architecture, engineered through a combination of holistic design processes and advanced technology exploitation, discovers Richard Scott.

30 ISR
On the pulse
Detecting submarines has become more difficult due to interference within littoral environments and significant improvements in stealth technology. Tim Fish explores some of the solutions offered by industry.

35 Ear to the ground
Recent operations have highlighted the growing need for land-based EW, with a shift to more mobile and adaptable systems, finds Andrew White.

40 Final Word
Andrew White talks to Shadi Ramzi Majali of Jordan’s King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau about the current status of the country’s tactical communications capability.

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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