Articles by Asif Anwar, Program Director, Strategy Analytics

Review of defense and military products and technologies from recent trade show including Eurosatory, IMS and Farnborough

Strategy Analytics’ lead defense analyst, Asif Anwar, caught up with 3eTI’s president, BengaErinle, to discuss a range of issues including how the move towards net-centricity in military operations needs to be balanced with the threats from cyber-security, the impact of budgetary constraints on developing a coherent cyber strategy and linking future cyber requirements with electronic warfare.

Strategy Analytics attended the IQPC Airborne ISR 2012 conference over February 28th and 29th, 2012. Key trends and issues explored include the use of non-traditional intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms, battlespace collaboration and budget constraints.

Review of Defense contracts awards for Dec 2011 and industry outlook for 2012

In conjunction with European Microwave Week in Manchester, UK, TriQuint launched a family of reflective GaN-based SPDT (single pole double throw) switches. Operating at 10-40 W over 6-18 GHz, the switches allow designers of defense, aerospace or high-performance commercial systems to use much smaller semiconductor devices in many applications...

Notable highlights related to contract activity in August included news that the US government is deploying the vehicle and dismount exploitation radar (VADER) system designed by Northrop Grumman and incorporated on General Atomics Aeronautical Systems' MQ-9 Reapers to detect illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on the southwest border. Meanwhile,...

Electromagnetic Spectrum Domain Priority Electronic Warfare uses the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) in three roles across air, sea, and land warfare domains; Electronic Attack (EA), Electronic Protection (EP), and Electronic Warfare Support (ES). Electronic Attack (EA) involves the use of EM energy to attack enemy forces, facilities and equipment with...

The Libyan crisis saw use of the RAF Nimrod aircraft triggering the inevitable criticism in many quarters questioning the logic behind UK Defense spending decisions undertaken as part of a UK Government Strategic Defence and Security Review. Other platforms affected by the last round of cuts include the Tornado...