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Proliferation or Profligacy? Getting PWSA back on track

Arms and the Mahon, C4ISR and cyber, Space

6 days ago

The US Space Development Agency (SDA), established in 2019, was a valiant attempt to short circuit the acquisition and procurement bottleneck challenges that had plagued the DoW’s attempts to field…

Does Elon Musk face DOGE – a Disaster of Gigawatt Emissions?

Arms and the Mahon, Policies, Space

1 week ago

Continuing the theme of potential conflict in space (see Time to foil the bully in this column, 6 February), NATO member states appear to be developing concerns – quite rapidly,…

Thinking about “How we prepare for a future fight” – an interview with Oshkosh Defense’s Pat Williams

Defence industry, Interviews, Land warfare

1 week ago

Pat Williams is the Chief Program Officer for Oshkosh Defense and therefore one of the busiest men at the recent IAV Conference in Farnborough. Nevertheless, he found time to sit…

Time to foil the bully

Arms and the Mahon, Security, Space

1 week ago

Confused and often contradictory press reports circulating in Britain, Germany and Ukraine – among other nations – in the last couple of days raise the spectre of Russia eavesdropping on…

Allen-Vanguard scores major first for ECM in South American market

C4ISR and cyber, Defence industry, Embedded systems, Land warfare

1 week ago

Allen-Vanguard announced on 5 February it has received “multi-million dollar orders” for its EQUINOX NG vehicle-based and SCORPION 2 man-portable electronic countermeasures (ECM) systems from an undisclosed South American nation.…

Fast, secure communications to save lives, the Bridgeworks way

C4ISR and cyber, Defence industry, Security

2 weeks ago

The war in Ukraine has taught military planners many lessons: one of the most important is the speed of secure communications between front line forces and operational headquarters. Ukraine is…

A silent menace: Argon turns invisible risks into manageable outcomes

C4ISR and cyber, Defence industry, Security

2 weeks ago

Argon Electronics has an almost forty-year legacy of developing simulators that allow first responders to train for CBRNe (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives) and HazMat incidents without exposure to…

BIRD Aerosystems provides helicopter DIRCM upgrades in Asia-Pacific

C4ISR and cyber, Defence industry

2 weeks ago

BIRD Aerosystems announced on 2 February it has won a contract, valued at “tens of millions of dollars”, to supply advanced SPREOS directed infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) systems for a helicopter…

Skyperion Lightweight – latest mobile C-UAS detect, track & identify from Metis

C4ISR and cyber, Defence industry, Land warfare, Robotics

2 weeks ago

Metis Aerospace announced the launch of Skyperion Lightweight – its latest mobile detection product for counter-UAS applications – on 29 January. With virtually all the same passive detect, track and…

Trophy APS extended to four more European nations

Defence industry, Land warfare, News

3 weeks ago

KNDS Deutschland has signed a contract with EuroTrophy GmbH that extends utility of the Trophy active protection system (APS) to four additional nations’ Leopard 2A8 programmes: Croatia, the Czech Republic,…

NATO through the prism of Davos?

Arms and the Mahon, Security

4 weeks ago

There is a stark contrast between US and European diplomatic processes – and attitudes. Europeans tend, on the whole, to be deliberate and measured in relationships with other polities, with…

Galvion reveals expanded charge-on-the-move capability at Shot Show

C4ISR and cyber, Defence industry, Events, Land warfare

4 weeks ago

Galvion is introducing new vehicle-mounted and dismounted integration accessories for its charge-on-the-move capability at Shot Show in Las Vegas this week. Building on the field-proven Squad Power Manager (SPM), these…