Taking lessons from Ukraine, British Army upgrades its radios

Taking lessons from Ukraine, British Army upgrades its radios
Taking lessons from Ukraine, British Army upgrades its radios

The £90 million ($103 million) contract includes the delivery of more than 1,300 AN/PRC-163 handheld and AN/PRC-167 manpack software defined radios to the British military.

COVID Disrupts Network Tests – But Army Presses On

COVID Disrupts Network Tests – But Army Presses On
COVID Disrupts Network Tests – But Army Presses On

The Army pushed hard to field-test new tech with real soldiers. Then came the coronavirus. Now the service will have to rely much more on lab testing.

WarLoc: A GPS Alternative On Your Boot

WarLoc: A GPS Alternative On Your Boot
WarLoc: A GPS Alternative On Your Boot

The “warfighter localization sensor” from Robotic Research pinpoints your location, and you comrades’, without relying on satellite uplinks or static beacons. The secret’s in the network.

Say It With Space Lasers: Optical Comsats For Major War

Say It With Space Lasers: Optical Comsats For Major War
Say It With Space Lasers: Optical Comsats For Major War

Nine years after the Pentagon tried and failed to build laser communications satellites, can the private sector get it done?

US Must Hustle On Hypersonics, EW, AI: VCJCS Selva & Work

US Must Hustle On Hypersonics, EW, AI: VCJCS Selva & Work
US Must Hustle On Hypersonics, EW, AI: VCJCS Selva & Work

WASHINGTON: China is besting the United States in key military technologies like hypersonic missiles and electronic warfare, Gen. Paul Selva, vice-chairman of the Joint Chiefs said today. We can still catch up, he predicted. What about Artificial Intelligence? That’s too close to call, said former deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, so we’d better get a move on. Both men…

Stalingrad Was Small: Multi-Domain Ops In Megacities

Stalingrad Was Small: Multi-Domain Ops In Megacities
Stalingrad Was Small: Multi-Domain Ops In Megacities

HONOLULU: As Seoul residents awaken to the whoomp, whoomp of the first North Korean shells and air raid sirens wail, millions pour from their apartments to the street, desperate for the shelter of the city’s 1,500 miles of deep tunnels. Some stream to the city’s rivers, hoping to head south. North Korean special operations troops,…

HASC EW Expert Bacon: US ‘Not Prepared’ For Electronic Warfare Vs. Russia, China

HASC EW Expert Bacon: US ‘Not Prepared’ For Electronic Warfare Vs. Russia, China
HASC EW Expert Bacon: US ‘Not Prepared’ For Electronic Warfare Vs. Russia, China

WASHINGTON: The US military is “not prepared” to conduct radio and radar jamming against high-end adversaries, a veteran electronic warfare officer now in Congress says. We have made major progress jamming terrorist communications in Afghanistan and Iraq, says Rep. Don Bacon, a retired one-star general who recently visited both countries. But even against such low-tech foes,…

Maps & Jammers: Army Intensifies Training Vs. Russian-Style Jamming

Maps & Jammers: Army Intensifies Training Vs. Russian-Style Jamming
Maps & Jammers: Army Intensifies Training Vs. Russian-Style Jamming

HUNTSVILLE, ALA.: After two decades of largely ignoring the danger, the Army is seriously training for a scary scenario: What if GPS, our satellite communications and our wireless networks go down? It’s hardly a hypothetical threat. Russian electronic warfare units locate Ukrainian troops by their transmissions and jam their radios so they can’t call for help, setting them…

Navy Battles Cyber Threats: Thumb Drives, Wireless Hacking, & China

PENTAGON: Technology is a two-edged sword, and it can cut the hand that wields it in unexpected ways. For a generation, ever since the first Gulf War, the information age has been America’s big advantage, arming the US military with everything from smart bombs to remotely piloted drones to supply databases. But even low-tech Iraqi…