World Defense Show 2026: Northrop Grumman to present improved C2 management system
The Northrop Grumman Integrated Battle Command System is in service with Poland and the US Army with another 20 countries believed to have expressed an interest.
General Dynamics has been upgrading its Digital Modular Radios (DMRs) with high-frequency dynamic routing software, the company announced on 4 February. This upgrade will turn the four channels of the DMR to eight virtual channels.
The communications capacity of the DMRs is also being expanded to 16 virtual channels in high-frequency (HF) line-of-sight frequencies and ultra-high frequency satellite communications frequencies.
The US Navy has been using these DMRs in several land-based locations and surface and subsurface ships since 1998. There are over 500 four-channel DMRs in operation across the world.
With these two software upgrades, the navy will be able to quadruple its secure HF communications capacity without installing any additional hardware or changing its shipboard radio room configurations.
The company is also working to integrate DMRs with the new Mobile User Objective Systems (MUOS) communications waveform. The MUOS waveform is needed to connect with the new narrowband MUOS satellite communications system of the military.
The Northrop Grumman Integrated Battle Command System is in service with Poland and the US Army with another 20 countries believed to have expressed an interest.
The Thales DigitalCrew package, first unveiled at last year’s Defence IQ International Armoured Vehicles conference, is designed to merge imaging and apply a layer of decision-making and observation algorithms to support crew and other personnel.
Nomad can provide militaries with real-time intelligence, saving critical time on the battlefield.
Taurus operates alongside the Israel Defense Forces’ Orion system which supports mission management across tens of thousands of manoeuvring forces, from squad leaders to battalion commanders.
The plan for the new displays follows fresh investment in Kopin’s European facilities by Theon and an order for head-up displays in fielded aircraft, with funding from the US Department of Defense.
Persistent Systems received its largest ever single order for its MPU5 devices and other systems earlier this month and has already delivered the 50 units to the US Army’s 4th Infantry Division.