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• Controlling drones at war: the global war on terrorism has seen the use of drones (or unmanned aerial vehicles--UAVs) by US-led coalition forces down to the platoon level. The operations of tactical drones are directed from ground control stations that are often on the front lines.

A UAV by itself doesn't do anything for anybody other than sit on the ramp and provide shade,>> Dyke Weatherington, deputy director of the US Departme...

• Armada International
• Vol. 30 Num. 1, Février 2006

• Giving peace a chance with ad hoc Radios: in the world of military communications it is easy to become enthralled by the seemingly endless capabilities offered by today's state-of-the-art tactical radios. Armed forces across the industrialised world are well aware of the need to speedily and securely move voice and data traffic around the battlefield with zero interruptions.

... to support up to 14 troops and an intra-platoon waveform which supports up to 60 members. These wa...

• Armada International
• Vol. 35 Num. 5, Octobre 2011

• Warfare has changed, so should have methods.

... ahead of a unit, which can be at company, platoon or even at team level. Pre-planned missions can be...

• Armada International
• Vol. 33 Num. 4, Août 2008

• Spreading the spectrum amongst friends.

... intra-squad (St@r Mille-S) and intra-platoon (St@r Mille-P), the platoon waveform offers access...

• Armada International
• Vol. 33 Num. 4, Août 2008

• Live field testing with Thales.

..., with the former used for linking with platoon and command levels and the latter allows maintaini...

• Armada International
• Vol. 34 Num. 4, Août 2010

• Future is now.

... infantry company and a mountain infantry platoon. On 3 April 2008 the French defence procurement ag...

• Armada International
• Vol. 33 Num. 2, Avril 2009

• who's who in Training & Simulation.

... simulators support many aspects of group, platoon, company and reinforced unit-level training, with ...

• Armada International
• Vol. 25 Num. 2, Avril 2001

• Switch on the digitised battlespace.

... command post or dismounted elements (platoon commander and soldier system). . Although many a s...

• Armada International
• Vol. 35 Num. 5, Octobre 2011

• The weight of intelligence: a Spanish soldier looking 'round the corner' with his Comfut gear.

... carried out by one full company and two platoons that operated in various environments such as hot ...

• Armada International
• Vol. 34 Num. 2, Avril 2010

• Mobile air defence.

...MBDA has also developed a Platoon Command Post, which can control up to three radars...

• Armada International
• Vol. 35 Num. 1, Février 2011