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23 Oct 25. Enhancing UAV Mission Control with LS Electronics SoftRadio. LS Electronics’ SoftRadio provides UAV operators with a flexible, IP-based dispatch system that supports reliable communication, hybrid radio integration, and remote mission coordination Radio Over IP (ROIP). LS Electronics, a specialist in mission-critical communication systems, offers the SoftRadio platform to meet the complex requirements of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operations. As UAVs continue to play a growing role in public safety, border surveillance, and infrastructure monitoring, operators require communication systems that combine flexibility with reliability across distributed networks. Conventional dispatch setups, designed for fixed installations, are often unsuited to the fluid and mobile nature of these missions. SoftRadio delivers a virtual dispatch environment with IP-based network connectivity and hybrid radio support, allowing UAV teams to maintain efficient communication and enhanced situational awareness wherever operations take place.
Flexible Deployment and Remote Accessibility
SoftRadio enables UAV ground operators to access and manage radio networks from any connected location, removing the constraints of centralized control rooms. The system can be operated from a command center, mobile platform, or temporary field base using a standard PC or tablet connected to the internet.
This capability supports a range of operational scenarios, including:
- Search and rescue coordination
- Disaster monitoring and emergency response
- Border and remote-area surveillance
- Temporary deployments and training exercises
With compatibility for both analog and digital radios, the software provides a consistent and unified interface across mixed communication infrastructures.
Built for Critical and Demanding Environments
SoftRadio incorporates tools specifically suited to high-reliability missions, offering:
- Remote radio operation with multiple simultaneous audio streams
- Integrated GPS mapping through Mimer MapView for live location tracking
- Voice logging and AI-powered transcription for mission documentation
- Minimal hardware demands, simplifying setup and reducing equipment costs
Its modular framework allows integration with existing communication networks and supports scalable expansion as mission requirements evolve.
Reliable Communication for Air and Ground Teams
SoftRadio provides a unified environment for communication between UAV operators and ground-based teams, ensuring consistent coordination in both autonomous and human-directed operations. Whether managing surveillance missions, assisting emergency responders, or overseeing airspace activities, the system maintains reliable communication links across all participants. Through its combination of virtual dispatching, hybrid radio interoperability, and secure IP-based connectivity, LS Electronics’ SoftRadio offers a dependable and adaptable communication capability for the distributed operations that define today’s UAV missions. (Source: https://www.defenseadvancement.com/)
23 Oct 25. A Force Multiplier for High-Frequency Communications: The L3Harris ARGUS-HF. The new solution is industry’s first multi-channel receiver available for L3Harris’s resilient tactical high-frequency data waveforms. Long-range High Frequency communication has undergone a dramatic digital modernization effort within L3Harris Technologies. An innovative new entry into the company’s Falcon® HF portfolio is smaller, faster and easier to use while providing reliable, beyond-line-of-sight and on-the-move data communications in congested and contested environments. The new L3Harris ARGUS-HF™ system enhances the capability of L3Harris resilient data waveforms by providing the ability to listen and receive on 16 different HF frequencies concurrently, as opposed to the single-channel capability provided by the radio itself. This reduces the coordination required for a successful HF connection, ensuring multiple elements can contact users concurrently with no important messages missed. It can be operated as a standalone receive device or integrated directly with a Falcon III HF system. In addition, its web interface provides access to web messaging and to a live spectrograph view of HF frequencies.
“L3Harris built its foundation on HF communications 60 years ago, and we have been innovating ever since, adding new technology and resiliency to support and enhance our customers’ PACE (Primary, Alternative, Contingency & Emergency) options. Our new ARGUS-HF solution allows for faster and more-informed resilient HF decisions, and the device seamlessly integrates into the Falcon III HF family of products for instantaneous access to new capabilities.” Chris Aebli, President, Tactical Communications, L3Harris
The multi-channel receiving capability of ARGUS-HF allows simultaneous monitoring and reception of multiple frequencies, enhancing situational awareness and operational flexibility. This capability is particularly valuable in situations when spectrum availability and interference management are critical, according to Brian Calvasina, Product Manager, L3Harris. ARGUS-HF integrates advanced technology to overcome HF signal propagation and interference challenges and leverages L3Harris’ proprietary Last Ditch Data resilient waveform family to ensure device and network protection, added Calvasina. The new receiver’s ability to monitor multiple resilient waveform channels simultaneously provides an ideal solution in dynamic environments, especially in scenarios requiring robust and reliable HF communications, such as military operations, emergency response and remote field communications. These advances to venerable HF technology – notably ARGUS-HF’s simultaneous and resilient HF data inputs – ensure beyond-line-of-sight common operational picture connectivity in satellite-denied environments. Coupled with the ARGUS-HF’s resilient data tools, the system delivers enhanced BLOS situational awareness for more-informed, data-driven tactical decisions – an important complement to next-generation command-and-control modernization efforts. L3Harris HF systems, including ARGUS-HF and the AN/PRC-160, deliver assured voice and data, even in the most austere environments, providing powerful connectivity options to support the next generation of communications infrastructure.
“ARGUS-HF’s advanced radio-frequency spectrum monitoring capabilities and the ability to receive multiple waveforms simultaneously enhances the ability to detect, analyze and respond to a wide range of signals, providing a significant operational advantage,” said Calvasina. “Having a larger number of channels can help ease communication planning where multiple frequencies can be monitored, as well as channel selection based on time of day or other environmental conditions.”
Innovative engineering, extensive testing and leveraging leading-edge technology ensured L3Harris designed a high-performance and reliable solution that effectively manages simultaneous multi-channel HF signal processing while minimizing interference, said Calvasina. ARGUS-HF will enter into full-rate production in 2026.
“ARGUS-HF represents a signification advancement in HF communication technology,” said Calvasina. “It offers unparalleled capabilities in multi-channel reception, spectrum monitoring and operational flexibility. ARGUS-HF’s design meets the demanding requirements of modern communication environments and provides a strategic advantage in a multitude of applications.” (Source: ASD Network)
23 Oct 25. Asio, a pioneer in tactical combat solutions, in collaboration with Israel’s Ministry of Defense Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDRD), the IDF Intelligence Directorate, and the IDF Ground Forces Command, has completed the development and significant upgrade of Taurus (known in the IDF as “Noam”), an advanced tactical battle management computer designed for battalion intelligence officers. Asio will supply hundreds of these tactical intelligence systems to the IDF. The system delivers critical intelligence information directly to front-line units, enables operational autonomy at the battalion level, and provides commanders with advanced tools for terrain analysis, intelligence collection from drones and sensors, and for generating combat plans and targets under dynamic battlefield conditions. It provides autonomy to battalion intelligence officers and real-time access to updated intelligence data on the battlefield. A key new capability added to Taurus enables real-time creation of 3D terrain models: a drone scans the operational area and instantly generates an accurate, photo-realistic model. This capability has become central to the IDF’s evolving intelligence doctrine, giving commanders immediate visual understanding of the battlefield and enabling mission planning based on current terrain data. Taurus operates alongside the IDF’s widely deployed Orion system (known in the IDF as “Olar”), which supports mission management across tens of thousands of maneuvering forces, from squad leaders to battalion commanders. While Orion provides real-time intelligence access across the force, Taurus gives battalion intelligence officers the ability to perform 3D mapping, situational assessments and mission planning directly from the field. The system operates intuitively, allowing units to work independently with up-to-date and relevant information. Commanders at the battalion level, from sergeants to battalion leaders, gain full autonomy to conduct terrain analysis, perform 3D calculations, and assess operational situations directly from the field, without dependence on central systems or communications. The system also enables simultaneous updates to dozens of Orion systems – including map layers, apps, and large-scale intelligence data updates at record speed – while integrating with additional IDF systems. Upcoming enhancements will allow commanders to manage and monitor operations through a unified interface directly within the Taurus platform.
Head of the DDR&D R&D Division, Brig. Gen. Yehuda Elmakayes: “As part of the ongoing effort to advance network-centric warfare for ground forces, we have invested in developing advanced mapping infrastructures with an emphasis on the tactical edge. Orion provides advanced mapping tools directly to the soldier, while Taurus enables real-time mapping updates in response to the rapidly changing battlefield. The next step is to link Orion to the digital ground forces ecosystem, ensuring operational continuity through C4I systems. Another key integration is the Lynx system, which offers advanced situational awareness and rapid targeting capabilities.”
Tomer Malchi, Founder & CEO of Asio Technologies: “The deployment of Taurus marks a significant advancement in tactical battlefield intelligence. By delivering real-time, mission-critical data directly to front-line units – including 3D terrain modeling and other capabilities – we’re providing intelligence autonomy and ground dominance, contributing to safer and more effective mission completion. This system was developed in close partnership with Israel’s defense establishment and represents our shared commitment to providing combat units with the tools they need to operate effectively in dynamic, high-threat environments.”
The Orion system is critical to maintaining the IDF’s ground superiority against threats such as Hamas, Hezbollah, and other regional adversaries. It enables advanced mission planning, including terrain and line-of-sight analysis, navigation route design, and combat position planning. Orion supports a wide range of advanced features such as 3D modeling and augmented reality (AR). Its Android-based interface, the size of a smartphone, makes it highly effective under combat conditions. The Orion family also includes Lynx (known in the IDF as “Maayan”), a tactical augmentation binocular system. Orion was developed through collaboration between Asio, the Ministry of Defense (DDRD), and multiple IDF branches – including the Intelligence Directorate, Ground Forces Command, C4I and Cyber Defense Directorate, and the IDF Mapping Unit.
About Asio: Asio develops combat-proven solutions that ensure operational independence for tactical forces. Its portfolio includes mission-enhancement systems, jam-proof and drift-free self-positioning for aerial platforms, advanced target acquisition, and north-finding technologies, all powered by its proprietary GeoFusion™ core. ASIO systems are deployed by IDF units and defense customers worldwide https://asiotech.com/.
21 Oct 25. TEKEVER and Avantix Sign Strategic MoU to Strengthen French and European EW and SIGINT Capabilities. A new partnership to study the integration of Avantix’s Electronic Warfare (EW) and Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) systems on TEKEVER platforms. TEKEVER has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Avantix, an Eviden (Atos Group) company, to accelerate the integration of advanced French EW and SIGINT systems into TEKEVER platforms. Signed during UAV Show 2025 in Bordeaux, this MoU formalises a long-term technical collaboration between the two companies. Its aim is to assess and demonstrate the interoperability of TEKEVER systems with Avantix payloads, including compact tactical SIGINT sensors. This cooperation will lead to the development of modular, resilient, integrated ISR solutions for defence and homeland security applications. As an integrator of cutting-edge and mission-critical technology, TEKEVER continues to strengthen its position as a European leader in autonomy, artificial intelligence and airborne innovation, designing sovereign, autonomous and operational solutions that meet the evolving needs of its customers. This strategic step forms part of TEKEVER’s €100m investment plan in France, announced at the Choose France 2025 event. France is becoming a major hub for TEKEVER’s activities in Europe, with growing R&D, production, testing and operational support capabilities across both civil and military sectors.
Nadia Maaref, Managing Director of TEKEVER France, commented: “This is a major milestone in TEKEVER’s industrial and technological development in France. Through this partnership with Avantix, we are reinforcing our ability to integrate the most advanced electronic warfare and signals intelligence technologies into our systems, ensuring that our customers have access to the best-adapted tools for their missions. It further highlights our long-term commitment to innovation, collaboration and talent in France.”
Bernard Payer, Managing Director of Avantix, added: “This partnership with TEKEVER is a turning point in expanding our EW and SIGINT solutions across new UAVs and airborne platforms. By combining our compact SIGINT payloads with TEKEVER’s proven expertise in autonomous systems, we can jointly deliver superior integrated airborne SIGINT solutions to enhance situational awareness, accelerate decision-making and increase resilience during critical operations — strengthening sovereign strategic drone capabilities for France and Europe.” (Source: ASD Network)
22 Oct 25. Integrated Battle Command System Proves Performance in Flight Test. Since 2015, IBCS has successfully executed 32 of 32 flight tests.
In August, a successful flight test demonstrated the operational capabilities of the U.S. Army’s Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS), featuring advanced software and hardware developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC). This milestone marked the first live-fire demonstration using IBCS’ Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) hardware, which is now being deployed to Europe and the Indo-Pacific.
- The test scenario involved a simulated air breathing target which was effectively tracked and classified by IBCS and the in development Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS).
- IBCS calculated how to engage the target and then successfully defeated it using a Patriot Advanced Capability 3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptor.
Kenn Todorov, vice president and general manager, command and control weapons integration, Northrop Grumman: “This decisive test solidifies IBCS as the solution for meeting the critical integrated air and missile defense demands of U.S. and allied warfighters on a global scale. The seamless integration and outstanding performance exhibited demonstrates IBCS’ readiness to operate in the most complex threat environments worldwide, strengthening international security and domestic defense initiatives.”
Northrop Grumman, a trusted innovator with a legacy of disruption, recently completed major end item deliveries under its LRIP contract with the Army and will manufacture IBCS under a full-rate production contract in Huntsville. The new Enhanced Production and Integration Center (EPIC) builds on the company’s ability to scale production and manufacture critical capabilities at speed, expanding capacity for high-rate production programs. IBCS is a revolutionary system that delivers fire control quality and battle management, unifying current and future systems regardless of source, service or domain. Through its network enabled, modular, open and scalable architecture, IBCS fuses sensor data for a single, actionable picture of the full battlespace. This ready-now capability gives warfighters more time to make decisions on how best to defeat threats and is a foundational element for enabling joint and coalition, multi-domain operations. IBCS is in production, currently fielded in Poland and planned for fielding in Combatant Commands in Europe and the Indo-Pacific as part of the U.S. Army program of record for integrated air and missile defense modernization. In September, Poland’s Ministry of National Defense conducted a successful operational exercise for its IBCS-enabled WISLA medium-range air defense system. This achievement highlights the exceptional collaboration between Poland and the United States and Northrop Grumman’s dedication to advancing allied defense modernization. (Source: ASD Network)
20 Oct 25. Atos, a leading provider of AI-powered digital transformation, has announced a holistic new approach to delivering people-first digital sovereign and agentic AI capabilities across its end-to-end IT service portfolio. Its new suite of services provides the building blocks for companies to have a tailored, resilient, and future-ready approach that enables fast and easy adaptation to evolving regulations, geopolitical pressures and unique operational needs. The three hubs will address the growing demand for UK-based IT delivery, data hosting and resiliency for public sector, defence and critical national infrastructure (CNI) businesses.
Sovereign Orchestration Hub
The Sovereign Orchestration Hub will be a state-of-the-art, sustainably built delivery centre. It will leverage Atos’ 30 years of engineering heritage to provide an AI-enabled suite of offerings that build upon its existing sovereign capabilities, including the Atos Sovereign Cloud portfolio. The Hub will provide cutting-edge, resilient Sovereign Cloud-on-site solutions, AI-driven Digital Workplace services, Sovereign Extended Device Lifecycle Services (beyond net-zero), Sovereign Bridge and a converged Network Operations Centre / Security Operations Centre capability. This will give clients unparalleled monitoring and management with a single view of their IT and OT environments, facilitating proactive issue resolution and increasing efficiency, security and resilience. The Hub will set new standards for secure, compliant and scalable technology innovation, centered around digital sovereignty as a vital component of the UK&I’s technological resilience and strategic autonomy.
Digital Agentic Centre
Atos’ Digital Agentic Centre will host and manage sovereign AI capabilities to offer clients autonomy, security and data sovereignty to meet their AI requirements. It will revolutionise Application Services to pursue +50% automation in engineering, testing and DevOps services, significantly reducing operational costs and time-to-value. These efficiencies will free up capital to help clients accelerate their digital transformation journeys and the use of agents will make services more intelligent, resilient and adaptable to future demand. Using modern AI-powered Application Services, sustainability, green IT and social value initiatives, the Centre will provide clients with a unified, consistent, standardised application portfolio, tailored to their individual requirements.
Sovereign Digital Enablement Centre
Atos’ Sovereign Digital Enablement Centre (DEC) is designed to support faster ICT delivery and innovation across defence and critical national infrastructure. The Centre acts as an accelerant for mission-critical digital solutions, enabling rapid and secure building, testing and assurance in a collaborative sovereign environment. Supported by key partners, Microsoft and AWS, the DEC will provide a trusted space where SMEs, academia and larger industry players can innovate and test new technologies at speed. The Centre will foster a sandbox approach that accelerates secure delivery and strengthens sovereign digital capabilities across the UK.
People-First AI-Proofed Careers
In line with these developments, Atos is reinforcing its commitment to developing diverse talent by increasing the number of graduates and apprentices it hires, offering AI-proofed career paths with flexible practices available such as term-time contracts. Rather than training in just one field of technology, new recruits will gain hands-on experience across AI, cloud, cybersecurity, data analytics, and digital services. This approach ensures individuals grow alongside AI, building resilient careers that evolve with technology rather than compete with it.
Atos will welcome the first cohort of around 50 new early-career employees in its centres in 2026.
Michael Herron, Head of Atos UK&I, said, “Our new sovereign offerings will ensure our clients have a future-ready end-to-end IT estate under their control so that they can easily adapt to any regulatory or geopolitical changes. For businesses in the public, defence and critical national infrastructure sectors, the need for sovereign AI capabilities is mission-critical, and we’re proud to be working with them to make safe and reliable digital and AI development possible.
“As part of this, we are reimagining what an IT career pathway looks like in an age where humans and AI co-exist together. Our new early-career roles will give young people in the UK a multi-faceted career in the digital arena. Sovereignty, for us, includes nurturing the next generation of tech talent in the UK&I.”
20 Oct 25. Global: Increased AI-related cyber activity will sustain security risks from state actors. On 17 October, the US-based technology company Microsoft reported that cyber threat actors are incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) into cyber operations at an increased rate. State-sponsored actors have reportedly used AI to spread misinformation and disinformation on their perceived adversaries, automating cyber attacks and boosting the sophistication of social engineering campaigns. Organisations in the US constitute the primary target for AI-enabled operations, while Israel and Ukraine remain the second and third most popular targets; this underscores the likely nexus between geopolitical developments and cyber attacks. Microsoft’s report also noted that state-sponsored actors affiliated with China, Iran, North Korea and Russia have used AI to create online content in at least 200 instances – over double the number registered in July 2024. Given the rapid growth of this trend, we assess that this will sustain the security risks posed by the increased adoption of AI technologies to global organisations. (Source: Sibylline)
17 Oct 25. Global: New malware campaign poses increased security, data theft risks to key industries. On 15 October, the US-based cyber security company Palo Alto Networks reported that unnamed threat actors are targeting key industries in a multi-stage data theft campaign. The campaign distributes phishing emails purporting to provide information on upcoming payments and/or legal actions, in order to trick victims into opening a malicious attachment. This attachment executes several obfuscated scripts that use steganography to deploy a malware loader (‘PhantomVAI’), showcasing the threat actors’ stealth attack capabilities. Upon deployment, PhantomVAI identifies the environment it is running in to evade detection by virtual machines (VMs) before establishing persistence, highlighting its sophistication. PhantomVAI then installs multiple information-stealing payloads, used to exfiltrate sensitive information, hijack user accounts and initiate fraudulent money transfers. Given the continuous development of the cyber threat landscape, we assess that key industries will continue to face increased security and data theft risks in the medium-to-long term. (Source: Sibylline)
17 Oct 25. Cyber Update
Key points
- Russia’s dynamic cyber strategy will sustain security risks for government and defence entities amid the ongoing war in Ukraine (see Sibylline Cyber Daily Analytical Update – 13 October 2025).
- A large-scale multi-country botnet highlights the increased short-term security risks to global businesses (see Sibylline Cyber Daily Analytical Update – 14 October 2025).
- The adoption of a new persistence technique showcases the long-term security risks stemming from the Chinese state-sponsored group ‘Flax Typhoon’ (see Sibylline Cyber Daily Analytical Update – 15 October 2025).
- A new attack pathway (‘Pixnapping’) raises short-to-medium-term exploitation risks to vulnerable Android users (see Sibylline Cyber Daily Analytical Update – 16 October 2025 and our Technical analysis below).
- A new malware campaign will pose increased security and data theft risks to several key industries (see Sibylline Cyber Daily Analytical Update – 17 October 2025 and our Technical analysis below).
Technical analysis of weekly stories
Researchers have reported the discovery of Pixnapping, a new attack pathway that enables threat actors to steal sensitive data from vulnerable Android devices. After threat actors infiltrate a device, Pixnapping deploys a malicious application to launch targeted applications or webpages. This allows threat actors to exploit a software vulnerability (CVE-2025-48561) to load a secondary concealed window and to isolate the pixels that compose the page displayed on a victim’s screen. The pixels are then mapped and analysed to determine which ones are white and non-white, in an effort to simplify the next stages of the attack. Simultaneously, the secondary window operates in the background to recover isolated characters before adopting optical character recognition (OCR) techniques to differentiate characters and digits of interest. Threat actors then use graphical data compression to exfiltrate visual information to command-and-control (C2) infrastructure. This method can be used to steal credentials and authentication data from multiple legitimate applications, thereby facilitating account takeovers, financial theft and other illicit activities. This highlights Pixnapping‘s stealth and sophistication. Threat researchers have stated that the exfiltration of two-factor authentication (2FA) codes can take less than 30 seconds, highlighting Pixnapping’s rapidity despite the relatively low number of pixels exfiltrated per second.
Unnamed threat actors are targeting key industries in a multi-stage data theft campaign. The campaign starts with phishing emails that purport to provide information on upcoming payments and/or legal actions, in order to trick victims into opening a malicious attachment. The attachments contain obfuscated JavaScript and VBScript formats that in turn execute and decode a secondary PowerShell script. This script then downloads a GIF or another image file type, using steganography to deploy a malware loader (‘PhantomVAI’). PhantomVAI displays three main capabilities; it encompasses checking the system environment to avoid detection by virtual machines (VMs), establishing persistence and retrieving the final payload. The identified final payload encompasses several different information-stealers that are alternately deployed, depending on the operation. Reports on this campaign note that a new information-stealing payload (‘Katz Stealer’) has been used during the attacks, enabling comprehensive data exfiltration (including browser data, credentials, crypto currency wallets and other third-party data). We assess that threat actors intend to use the stolen data to hijack user accounts, initiate fraudulent money transfers and conduct other illicit activities.
Non-exhaustive recommendations to mitigate against these threats include:
- Monitor devices and networks for suspicious activity.
- Add available Indicators-of-Compromise (IoCs) to your organisation’s security systems to detect potentially malicious samples on the network; configure firewalls to block outbound communications to malicious IP addresses associated with any known malware.
- Adopt behaviour-based end-point detection and response (EDR) solutions, prioritising the detection of the initial stages of a compromise.
- Conduct cyber hygiene awareness courses for users, enabling them to recognise and report phishing and other types of social engineering.
Our cyber word of the week: Steganography
Definition: A technique used by threat actors to conceal malicious code within legitimate-looking files and/or images. (Source: Sibylline)
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