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Vigilare - Impact on networked operations
By: © Defence Today
The long-deferred Vigilare project, which aims to upgrade Australia's existing ground based air defence command, control and communications system...
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FFG program raws 'friendly fire'
By: © Defence Today
The Sea 1390 program to upgrade four Adelaide class FFGs has been controversial, with criticism of the progress of some elements of the upgrade program...
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Pacific Raptors: F-22A based in Alaska
By: © Dr Carlo Copp
The most recent flurry of press surrounding the F-22A Raptor has been largely focused on the Pentagon decision mid January to keep the F-22A production...
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AIR 7000 links with US Navy BAMS program
By: © Nigel Pittaway
One year after Australia signed up to participate in the SDD phase of the US Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) program...
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Airborne sentinels spread their wings
By: © Paul Johnstone
An increasing number of nations within Australia's strategic area of interest are turning to airborne electronic surveillance to provide vital intelligence...
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Arming attack helicopters for asymmetric warfare
By: © Colonel David Eshel
Current United States and European combat helicopter squadrons are rooted in the 1980s when NATO deployed large numbers of attack helicopters...
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F-35 Lightning strikes down under
By: © Defence Today
With the new Rudd Labor government calling for a review of Australia's air power needs in the coming decades, the Joint Strike Fighter team...
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New Trends in UAVs
By: © Colonel David Eshel
Even the most radical cynics agree that the new stars in the theatre of battle are the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)...
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APG-79 radar revolution
By: © Nigel Pittaway
Australia's decision to purchase 24 Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets as a bridging capability until the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter becomes available circa 2014...
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Russian fighters - capability assessment
By: © Dr Carlo Kopp
The MAKS 2007 Airshow in Moscow saw the debut of Russia's two latest fighter designs, the Sukhoi Su-35BM Flanker E Plus and the MiG-35 Fulcrum...
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Composites stake their claim with Tiger ARH and MRH-90
By: © Lachlan Blackhall
With the recent delivery of the first MRH-90 Trooplift helicopters to Australian Aerospace...
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Tracks versus wheels dilemma
By: © Colonel David Eshel
Most armies with fighting experience in world war ii drew the lesson that future high intensity land combat would be with...
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Thermobaric weapons:
By: © Paul Johnstone
Imagine this situation: the gunner scans the environment through the inbuilt camera, applying the remotely operated medium machine gun...
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Information warfare vs networks
By: © Dr Carlo Kopp
Networking capabilities are the 'plumbing' of any network centric warfare (NCW) oriented warfighting system...
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Who and what pose the threat
By: © Brian Cooper
In 'Beyond Terror: the truth about the real threats to our world' the Oxford Research Group [ORG] says that the major threats that we will face...
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Defending the Osprey's nest:
By: © Paul Johnstone
The effectiveness of air power relies not only on advanced platforms, weaponry and combat tactics but also on having the freedom to operate...
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Early cruise missile operations
By: © Dr Carlo Kopp
The Fieseler Vergeltungswaffe Eins / V-1 / Fzg-76 Flakzielgerät or Fi-103 'Buzz Bomb' was the first cruise missile to be operationally deployed and used...
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Japan faces threats in the 21st Century
By: © Defence Today
Noted Australian historian, Manning Clark, once stated that the victors always write the history books...
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