Digital Battlespace
SPEAR of destiny: EW capability runs alongside high-subsonic missile development
MBDA has revealed more details about progress on the SPEAR-EW air-launched missile.
Digital Battlespace
Thales gets personal with Storm-2
Thales is enhancing an EW protection system against RF-activated IEDs.
Land Warfare
K-pop jamming compounds Russian HF woes in Ukraine
Russian Army HF radio communication vulnerabilities continue during the war in Ukraine – with fatal consequences for some senior commanders.
Digital Battlespace
Russian EW: underused or a Potemkin capability?
Have Russian EW capabilities been overestimated at this early stage of the war in Ukraine?
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Land Warfare
Holistic approach informs Turkish ground-based EW developments
19th January 2022
The Turkish Army seems to have followed where the Turkish Air Force led in communications jamming.
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Digital Battlespace
Algeria gets in a jam
17th January 2022
Algeria recently acquired new EW jammers for its army — how effective will they be against ECCM protocols and encrypted waveforms?
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Defence Notes
EU’s CROWN RF multi-capability project reveals programme details
17th November 2021
The EDA-led CROWN project to combine radar, comms and EW functions into a single architecture is aiming for laboratory testing by 2024.
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Digital Battlespace
Perceive receives for COMINT missions
22nd October 2021
A new EW system nullifies sources of interference and collects intelligence on frequency-hopping targets.
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Digital Battlespace
Thales augments radar portfolio with small UAVs in mind
19th October 2021
The Ground Observer 20 surveillance radar is designed to strengthen capabilities for detecting small aerial targets such as mini-UAVs.
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Digital Battlespace
SAMP/T radar upgrade takes its cue from Sea Fire
18th October 2021
An X-band radar from Thales with similarities to the Sea Fire system will equip the upgraded SAMP/T air defence system.
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Digital Battlespace
US military aims to avoid being elbowed out of the spectrum
11th May 2021
Recently released prototype proposals would improve how the DoD manages its use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Digital Battlespace
IFF transponder tech for UAVs achieves economy of scale
11th January 2021
Miniature Mode-5/Mode-S ATC and IFF transponders are being developed for installation on military UAVs.
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Digital Battlespace
US Army sets the pace for tactical communications software
7th January 2021
Software from Perspecta Labs will help the US Army to improve communications network agility and robustness in electromagnetically contested and congested environments.
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Digital Battlespace
France looks to enhance space capabilities
14th December 2020
Safran is leading a largely secretive SIGINT effort to detect RF emissions from satellites.
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Naval Warfare
Enhanced BRASS paves way for better naval communications
3rd December 2020
The UK is expected to follow other NATO navies in introducing new HF communications protocols
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Digital Battlespace
MADL becomes a universal translator
3rd November 2020
Waveform used by the F-35 is being upgraded to ensure compatibility with the emerging ABMS concept from the USAF
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Digital Battlespace
Denmark eyes Faroes for new GBAD radar
3rd November 2020
Ground-based air surveillance from the Faroe Islands could plug a gap in coverage of Russian flights
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Digital Battlespace
New kid on the USAF block unifies information warfare
5th October 2020
One year old this October, the 16th Air Force (16AF) has integrated ISR, EW and cyber operations into a single approach
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Digital Battlespace
EDA seeks to harden military systems in contested EW environments
22nd September 2020
European militaries could benefit from enhancements for their radio and radar systems, as a result of a new initiative from the European Defence Agency (EDA) …
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Digital Battlespace
US aims to unlock power of EW for multi-domain operations
4th September 2020
The Foundational Research in Electronic Warfare for Multi-Domain Operations (FREEDOM) programme, is looking closely at how EW can support Multi-Domain Operations (MDO). The army defines …
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Defence Notes
Necessity binds Syria to Iran for air defence equipment
22nd July 2020
News that Iran and Syria concluded a pact on 10 July to enhance the latter’s air defences has raised questions regarding the nature of this …
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Digital Battlespace
DARPA aims to hit the sweet spot on data link compatibility
25th June 2020
NATO member states have various tactical data links (TDLs) at their disposal – notably HAVE QUICK I/II, Link 16 and the Situational Awareness Tactical Data …
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Naval Warfare
Countermeasures for Taiwanese frigates trigger Chinese unease
23rd June 2020
Not for the first time, controversy dogs the six Kang Ding-class frigates bought by Taiwan in the 1990s, as China continues to apply pressure on …
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Digital Battlespace
European team seeks holy grail of unifying airborne EM systems
17th June 2020
More light can be shed on the European Defence Agency’s (EDA’s) CROWN initiative to develop a scalable, single architecture for airborne radar, EW and communications …
