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25 Mar 26. Pacific Defense today announced the launch of the DSP3100VP, a next-generation digital signal processing module engineered to bring advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) capabilities to the edge. Built on the AMD Versal™ AI Edge Series Gen 2 adaptive SoC, the DSP3100VP combines heterogeneous compute, adaptive acceleration, and deterministic real-time control to meet the growing demand for intelligent, data-driven systems in both defense and commercial markets.
“The DSP3100VP brings together AI acceleration, high-speed data movement, and open standards compliance to directly address the needs of modern mission systems,” said Pedja Mitrovic, VP of Modular Products at Pacific Defense.
Engineered for modern mission environments, the DSP3100VP combines traditional CPU and FPGA fabric processing with next-generation AI acceleration to deliver powerful, low-latency performance. With 144 AI Engine-ML v2 tiles and more than 2,000 DSP engines, the platform provides the parallel compute required for AI-driven applications such as electronic warfare, signal intelligence, autonomous systems, and real-time detection and tracking.
“The DSP3100VP brings together AI acceleration, high-speed data movement, and open standards compliance to directly address the needs of modern mission systems,” said Pedja Mitrovic, VP of Modular Products at Pacific Defense. “It enables our customers to deploy intelligent capabilities at the edge with the performance, efficiency, and flexibility required for real-time decision-making.”
Aligned with U.S. Army CMOSS and SOSA™ standards, the DSP3100VP ensures interoperability and rapid integration into open architecture systems while supporting deployment in size, weight, and power constrained environments.
Key Features of the DSP3100VP include:
- AMD Versal™ AI Edge Series Gen 2 adaptive SoC with integrated AI engines
- 144 AI Engine-ML v2 tiles and over 2,000 DSP engines for scalable AI inference
- 80 GB LPDDR5 memory for high-throughput data processing
- 100G Ethernet and PCIe Gen5 for ultra-high-speed data movement
- SWaP-optimized design with approximately 50W typical power consumption
- Open standards alignment with CMOSS, SOSA™, and OpenVPX™
The DSP3100VP is delivered as a complete, AI-ready platform that reduces integration complexity and facilitates faster deployment for next-generation intelligent systems.
For more information, visit the product page here.
About Pacific Defense
Pacific Defense is purpose-built to drive the open-systems transformation required to unlock rapid innovation and the power of commercial technology. Specializing in Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) and Electronic Warfare (EW) solutions for mission-critical environments, Pacific Defense applies Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA), aligning with the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) technical standard, and integrating capabilities through the C5ISR/EW Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) to deliver flexible, upgradeable technology that enables warfighters to stay ahead of emerging threats. Learn more at www.pacific-defense.com and on LinkedIn. (Source: BUSINESS WIRE)
10 Mar 26. Cyber Update
Key points
- An increase in the exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities in 2025 showcases security risks to businesses (see Sibylline Cyber Daily Analytical Update – 9 March 2026).
- The continued adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in cyber operations will sustain security risks from North Korean state-sponsored groups (see Sibylline Cyber Daily Analytical Update – 10 March 2026 and our technical analysis below).
- Global military and government entities will face heightened cyber espionage risks from Russian state-sponsored threat actors (see Sibylline Cyber Daily Analytical Update – 11 March 2026).
- Qatar’s military and energy sectors face heightened security risks from a Chinese state-sponsored group (‘Camaro Dragon’; see Sibylline Cyber Daily Analytical Update – 12 March 2026 and our technical analysis below).
- A destructive cyber attack on a medical device manufacturing company underscores the ongoing security and operational risks from Iran-aligned hacktivists amid the Israel-US-Iran war (see Sibylline Cyber Daily Analytical Update – 13 March 2026).
Technical analysis of weekly stories
Three North Korean state-sponsored groups (‘Coral Sleet’, ‘Sapphire Sleet’ and ‘Jasper Sleet’) are using AI tools to expand the country’s long-term remote employment cyber campaign. These threat actors use AI to streamline the process of creating digital personas for specific job roles. For example, Jasper Sleet uses generative AI to research job postings on job-search platforms to identify in-demand skills and experience requirements, in order to align fake personas with targeted roles, highlighting the highly targeted nature of this long-term operation. During the reconnaissance stage, threat actors use large language models (LLMs) to search for publicly reported vulnerabilities and to identify potential exploitation vectors, while using AI to identify tools that aid defence evasion (such as remote-access tools and obfuscation frameworks). This enables threat actors to bypass endpoint detection and response (EDR) systems and identify potential cloud services suitable for command-and-control (C2) infrastructure. Additionally, Coral Sleet uses AI to refine, write and re-implement malware components, as well as to create new payloads by jailbreaking legitimate LLM software, bypassing its built-in safeguarding controls. These operations highlight North Korea’s widespread employment of AI at several stages of the cyber kill chain, pointing to threat actors’ increasingly mature skillset.
Meanwhile, China-linked threat group Camaro Dragon has been observed deploying a variant of the ‘PlugX’ backdoor against Qatari organisations amid the ongoing Israel-US-Iran war. PlugX is a modular backdoor commonly used by various China-aligned threat actors that enables remote access, file exfiltration, screen capture, keystroke logging and remote command execution. Camaro Dragon’s campaign initiates via phishing emails, using missile strikes in Bahrain as a lure to get potential targets to open an .LNK file. This triggers a long infection chain that begins by dynamic-link library (DLL) hijacking a legitimate Baidu NetDesk binary, which subsequently deploys PlugX. In a separate campaign against Qatari entities, Camaro Dragon used phishing lures related to an airstrike on oil and gas facilities to trick victims into opening the .ZIP file. This cyber operation hijacks legitimate DLL processes to deploy ‘Cobalt Strike’ to conduct reconnaissance on compromised networks and potentially conduct further malicious activity.
Non-exhaustive recommendations to mitigate 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 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.
(Source: Sibylline)
25 Mar 26. Saab and Cohere sign memorandum of understanding on advanced AI collaboration.
Saab today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Canadian AI company, Cohere on advanced AI collaboration.
The MOU establishes a framework for collaboration on artificial intelligence technologies in support of GlobalEye. The agreement is directly connected to the GlobalEye opportunity in Canada but would also serve the existing and future international GlobalEye operators. Technologies and competencies developed through the partnership are also intended to contribute to Saab’s global product offerings and strengthen international competitiveness.
The collaboration will explore areas such as data-driven mission support, maintenance tools and information processing in an on-premises integration into complex secure aerospace environments. Initial pilot projects have been identified to assess potential pathways for cooperation, aligned with the current needs of the program.
“Canada offers outstanding industrial and advanced technology partners,” said Micael Johansson, President and CEO of Saab. “Working with Canadian companies like Cohere on emerging technologies strengthens our global supply chain and enhances Saab’s international competitiveness.”
“Frontier artificial intelligence should be built for scale, trust, reliability and most importantly, real-word impact.” said Ivan Zhang, Co-Founder of Cohere. “Through Saab’s deep engineering heritage and our advanced enterprise-grade models, we’ll explore pushing the boundaries of what AI can truly deliver for aerospace, enabling teams to process complex data faster, increase operational tempo, surface key insights with clarity and support critical decision making when it matters most.”
Through this MOU, Saab and Cohere signal their shared ambition to combine aerospace expertise and leading-edge AI research in support of high-value industrial cooperation in Canada.
About Cohere
Cohere is a leading security-first enterprise AI company. Cohere builds foundation models and end-to-end AI products designed to solve real-world business problems. Cohere partners closely with companies to deliver seamless integration, full customization, and easy-to-use solutions for their workforce and customers. Cohere’s all-in-one platform offers enterprises the highest levels of security, data privacy and optionality to deploy across all major cloud providers, private cloud environments, or on-premises. Cohere is a global company co-headquartered in Toronto and San Francisco, with key offices in New York, London, Montreal, Paris, and Seoul. Learn more at cohere.com.
12 Mar 26. NGC2 Fielding Gains Momentum. The US Army’s Project Convergence events play a key role in evaluating the technologies that comprise the force’s NCG2 command and control system, itself a key part of the US Department of Defence’s wider CJADC2 architecture. (US Army)
US Army Project Convergence events planned for 2026 are set to have a major impact regarding the ongoing development of the Next Generation Command and Control system.
In April 2025, the United States Army’s Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) system became a formal programme of record. In the Army’s own words, NGC2 will fundamentally change how its manoeuvre force performs Command and Control (C2). The initiative is led by the army’s Capability Programme Executive for Command, Control, Communications and Networks (CPE C3N). This organisation was formally known as the Programme Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications and Networks (PEO C3N).
The NGC2 forms part of the wider US Department of Defence’s (DOD’s) Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) system. CJADC2 is the manifestation of the DOD’s embrace of the Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) mindset. MDO promotes the inter- and intra-force connectivity of all military assets (personnel, platforms, weapons, sensors, networks, bases and capabilities) at all levels of war to perform synchronous operations across the spectrum of conflict.
MDO will facilitate friendly forces taking better-quality, and faster, decisions than their adversaries. The theory is that decision-making superiority will help overcome the Anti-Access/Area-Denial (A2AD) postures of US and allied near-peer strategic rivals like the Islamic Republic of Iran, People’s Republic of China and Russia. Other constituent combined operational and tactical C2 systems employed by the US military include the Advanced Battle Management System of the US Air Force, the US Navy’s Project Overmatch, the Marine Corps’ Expeditionary Base Operations initiative and US Space Force’s National Defence Space Architecture.
Layer cake
NGC2 overhauls the C2 architectures used by the army’s manoeuvre forces at tactical (battalion and brigade) through to division and corps (operational) levels. NGC2 is working to breakdown existing C2 stovepipes in the land manoeuvre force. Much of this effort rests on improving communications between the force’s constituent parts.
The architecture comprises four elements: The infrastructure layer possesses the computing hardware that NGC2 will need to function. The transport layer includes radio communications hardware and software to move voice and data traffic around the NGC2 network, and between its constituent elements. The data layer is effectively the system’s brain linking the NCG2 with the assets mentioned above. This layer also contains artificial intelligence and machine learning approaches to aid tactical and operational decision-making. Finally, the application layer represents the point where the user interacts with the NGC2 network and its data.
Work commenced on NGC2 in 2024 and the associate programme office within the CPE C3N was formally established in April 2025. The CPE C3N told Armada via a written statement that “no one company can provide a complete solution” for the NGC2 architecture. Instead, the army is identifying and contracting vendors on a case-by-case basis according to NGC2 requirements. Developing the NGC2 architecture is currently at the prototyping stage. Prototyping activities “will inform how the Army implements NGC2 technologies and business models moving forward”.
Ivy Sting and Lightning Surge
The Army’s Project Convergence initiatives are central to NGC2 prototyping and additional Project Convergence events are planned for 2026. These will evaluate the C2 system’s transport layer and the ability of allied C2 systems to share data with NCG2 and vice versa. Performed at the division level, Project Convergence’s Ivy Sting will involve the Army’s Fourth Infantry Division (ID), and Lightning Surge the 25th ID.
There is no ‘end date’ when NGC2’s rollout and implementation will be complete. Instead, hardware and software will be continually updated to ensure the force “is poised to combat emerging threats”. This year’s Project Convergence events will have a major impact on the future course of the NGC2 undertaking writ large: “Experimentation … will inform procurement decisions and NGC2 fielding to the broader Army”, the written statement noted. Expect more news from the CPE C3N in the coming months regarding lessons learned from this year’s Project Convergence initiatives impacting NGC2’s development and implementation.
(Source: Armada)
12 Mar 26. Doing the Right Thing . Reports emerged in early February that access to Space-X’s Starlink Satellite Communications (SATCOM) constellation Russian troops were enjoying in the Ukraine theatre of operations is ending. It appears that Russian units there began using the constellation in February 2024. Access was facilitated through Starlink SATCOM terminals the Russian government acquired through the black market, or via third parties.
Starlink quickly became an important electromagnetic force enabler for the Russian military. The terminals provided important inter- and intra-theatre Over-The-Horizon (OTH) backhaul communications. Russian forces occupying Ukraine have experienced problems in securing capacious, interoperable and robust OTH communications to connect disparate commands at the tactical level, and to connect tactical-level units with operational echelons. At a stroke, Starlink provided secure, wideband and relatively robust OTH trunk communications. It is noteworthy that Starlink terminals can be fiendishly difficult to jam. Second, by installing Starlink terminals in some Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Russian forces could use these channels to carry navigation commands and telemetry to and from the aircraft. This helped improve the accuracy and lethality of operational and strategic level UAV reconnaissance and suicide attacks. Such attacks have proven effective against Ukrainian power generation and transmission facilities during the cold winter months.
Prevention of Russia’s Starlink access has been achieved through a registration scheme. Only those terminals which have been registered with the Ukrainian government operating within Ukrainian territory can now access the constellation. Meanwhile, a software-based ‘kill switch’ prevents any terminal moving above 48 knots (90 kilometres-per-hour) from accessing the constellation. Terminals used by ground units can continue to access the network as they unlikely to move at such speeds: Employing Starlink terminals in suicide UAVs like the Iranian-supplied, and licence-built, Shahed series thus becomes pointless. These aircraft typically cruise at around 162 knots (300km/h).
Anecdotal evidence from Ukraine suggests that Russian forces are already suffering because of the Starlink denial. Ukrainian prisoners of war are being bullied into getting relatives in Ukraine to register Starlink terminals on Russia’s behalf. Aerostats hosting trunk radio relays at altitude are another partial solution being considered. Neither are likely to provide a complete and equivalent solution to Starlink.
Why did SpaceX take the decision to greatly restrict Russian access? It appears that the company was increasingly unhappy about its technology being used to facilitate the UAV-based bombardments Moscow has been inflicting on Ukraine. Russia is also under sanction from the United States government which prohibits the company from providing Starlink services in Russia and Russian-held territory. Removing this access ensures SpaceX’s compliance therein.
As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its twelfth year, hitting Moscow electromagnetically where it hurts is an important element of maintaining the pressure on Mr. Putin to throw in the towel and to quit Ukraine. Cutting off another corner of the radio spectrum to Russia’s military also chips away at a resource that Ukraine’s occupiers depend on. SpaceX has made the right decision. (Source: Armada)
12 Mar 26. Constellations and Continuity. The European Union has taken an important step forward to expand secure satellite communications bandwidth to its membership for military and government communications.
As of late February, the European Union’s Government Satellite Communications (EUGOVSATCOM) provision is operational, according to a statement published by the European Commission. The Commission is the EU’s executive arm proposing legislation and applying the Union’s laws and policies. According to a primer produced by the commission, EUGOVSATCOM pools bandwidth on sovereign secure, government communications satellites owned by EU states and shares this across the membership. Bandwidth provided by some EU based commercial operators, such as Eutelsat, also form part of the pooled resource.
The EUGOVSATCOM initiative means that member states without sovereign SATCOM can access secure satellite communications without having to acquire their own satellites and constellations. The initiative also provides an alternative to EU members having to lease secure bandwidth from commercial third parties. A reliance on the latter can be risky should commercial operators choose to reduce, or eliminate, bandwidth in times of crisis or war. Alongside EU members, Norway and Iceland can use EUGOVSATCOM provision. As the commission’s primer continues, Ukraine could join the initiative in the future.
Ground element
Users access the constellations via the initiative’s ground-based infrastructure component known as GOVSATCOM hub which is supervised by the EU’s Space Programme Agency (EUSPA). The GOVSATCOM hub performs a key function as it will match SATCOM demand with the best-placed satellite or constellation to provide the requested service. Alongside furnishing government and military satellite communications, EUGOVSATCOM will assist EU agencies like FRONTEX, the EU’s border and coastguard agency, along with law enforcement, civil protection organisations and diplomatic missions.
As the EUSPA told Armada via a written statement EUGOVSATCOM “is not a constellation but rather a communications system-of-systems”. Communications satellites are provided by five nations, namely France, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg and Spain to furnish SATCOM services. Details of these satellites, and the SATCOM frequencies they provide, are detailed in the table below:
The GOVSATCOM hub provides two ground stations to uplink and downlink traffic. Users do not need to acquire any dedicated SATCOM terminals to access EUGOVSATCOM services. Instead, existing terminals can be employed without modification. Countries providing bandwidth to EUGOVSATCOM can access new satellites and/or constellations as legacy systems are replaced. Moreover, it is possible that other EU nations beyond the five listed above will be able to join as and when they acquire satellites and constellations. Looking toward the future, the EUSPA expects to incorporate the European Union’s forthcoming Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite (IRIS2) capability. This will be integrated into EUGOVSATCOM when available. More details concerning IRIS2 can be found here.
Strategic capability
EUGOVSATCOM represents the advent of an important strategic capability for the European Union according to the EUSPA’s written statement: “The strength of EUGOVSATCOM is precisely that it is a dual-use capability: It supports defence needs, but also the day-to-day work of civilian authorities who require secure, resilient communication to protect citizens and operate in difficult environments … especially when terrestrial networks are damaged or unavailable”. Furthermore, “(h)aving a European capability means (the safeguarding of) sensitive information, … continuity of government operations (and ensures) that essential services function even when terrestrial networks are disrupted” the statement continued. (Source: Armada)
12 Mar 26. Opening The Vault.
A new command and control system is entering service with Russian land forces which is thought to use artificial intelligence to aid tactical decision-making.
In late January, the United24 Ukrainian media organisation and Forbes magazine revealed details of a new Russian Command and Control (C2) system called Svod (Vault). Unlike other existing Russian tactical and operational C2 systems, Svod reportedly includes Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms to aid commander decision-making. Much like Ukraine’s Delta C2 system, Svod federates and merges intelligence arriving from disparate sources to enrich a commander’s tactical picture. AI is used to not only help analyse incoming intelligence, but to present the user with possible outcomes based on the intelligence and potential courses of action.
The intention behind Svod, as the reports articulated, is to accelerate commander tactical decision-making. Elements of Russian military doctrine, particularly in the land domain, are thought to be excessively top heavy. Local commanders, and their subordinates, have been discouraged from showing excessive initiative. It is possible that Svod aims to devolve decision-making downwards to accelerate battle rhythm via the use of AI to help users anticipate potential consequences. The war in Ukraine is now largely characterised by small units of dismounted troops performing limited actions. This has made the devolution of decision-making to the lowest tactical level increasingly important.
Existing C2 systems
Reports stated that Svod completed operational testing in December 2025 with its rollout expected to begin in April 2026. According to official Russian official documents seen by Armada, Svod’s implementation across all land forces formations deployed in, or deploying to, Ukraine will be completed by the end of 2026. Tactical formations in the 2nd and 41st Combined Arms Armies (CAAs) are the first recipients. Both these CAAs are deployed in Ukraine’s Donetsk oblast in the southeast of the country, Armada understands.
The Russian military already deploys the YESU-TZ Unified C2 System for Troops and Weapons. YESU-TZ is deployed from the strategic level downwards to operational and high tactical echelons. The system receives and processes data sent by subordinate echelons, and disseminates information, orders and situation reports. It appears YESU-TZ also equips the National Defence Command Centre in Moscow. At the tactical level, the Akatsiya-M C2 architecture is employed for logistics, general force organisation and battle management. Russian airborne troops, which constitute a separate service, have the Andromeda-D system with dismounted infantry using the Strelets command and control architecture. Other C2 systems include Akatsiya-E for tactical and operational ground-based air defence, and Asuno-S which furnishes artillery units. Bylina is the command and control system used by Russian land forces Electronic Warfare (EW) troops.
Svod functionality
As a software-driven system, Svod can be hosted on standard, militarised personal computers and laptops. This marks a break from YESU-TZ which was thought to need dedicated computing hardware, particularly when deployed onboard armoured vehicles. To understand how Svod could work, consider this scenario: A local, tactical commander has identified through a combination of intelligence derived from dismounted EW units, Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle (UAV) sorties and visual reconnaissance, a local building that is being used by the enemy. All this relevant intelligence is accessible from a map which depicts the building. The commander can see the location, and the dispositions and capabilities of local, subordinate units. These units could include artillery, mounted and/or dismounted infantry, EW, armour and UAV detachments. AI-based decision-making tools provide the commander with information regarding each units’ capabilities noting which might be best placed to support their intent. Svod also provides a combat cloud. Intelligence collected across the tactical and operational area can be uploaded to, and downloaded from, this cloud. Nonetheless, access to the cloud is not required for the user to employ Svod to support local, tactical decision-making.
Svod integrates a myriad of disparate intelligence feeds and displays the location and capabilities of local friendly units to help commanders anticipate the consequences of potential tactical actions. (Thomas Withington)
This new C2 system looks likely to replace elements of YESU-TZ. The former may still provide C2 functionality from the strategic to the operational level. Nonetheless, Svod will likely be the C2 system used at the high tactical level, typically in motorised rifle/tank division/brigade command down to the dismounted tactical level where systems like Strelets will be employed as before. Speciality branches like those listed above will probably continue using their own C2 systems. These latter architectures will feed into Svod and associated data will be carried across standard Russian land forces tactical communications which are explained in more detail here.
Potential
Will Svod help Russian land forces accelerate tactical battle rhythm and shorten sensor-to-shooter times? Potentially yes, although Svod only appears to have a capacity that, at the very least, matches Ukraine’s Delta system. Ukraine has a headstart on its Russian adversary as Delta’s implementation on the battlefield commenced from mid-2022 and has been in a near constant state of evolution ever since. In the C2 technology arms race, Ukraine is clearly winning. Will Svod work sufficiently well to win commanders’ trust? YESU-TZ has been plagued by technical problems. If Svod suffers the same fate, users will simply abandon it in favour of alternatives or fall back on existing systems like YESU-TZ despite its shortcomings.
From an electromagnetic manoeuvre perspective, introducing another digital C2 system onto the battlefield introduces another potential set of targets for Ukrainian cyberwarriors. Likewise, any digital command and control system depends on communications links like radio which can be prone to jamming. Russian battlefield communications are under pressure with the country’s recent eviction from the Starlink satellite communications network. The Russian government is also reviewing military access to the Telegram messaging application. Telegram has been vital for data communications at the tactical level. Closing off these channels inevitably means more data using fewer links creating a greater vulnerability to jamming. Svod’s success, or otherwise, will likely become apparent early next year once its roll-out is complete. Any subsequent Russian success on the battlefield could be a consequence of its introduction. Until then, Ukraine and her allies must ensure that any, and all, of Svod’s vulnerabilities are identified and ready to target.m(Source: Armada)
12 Mar 26. March Radio Roundup.
Armada’s monthly roundup of all the latest news in the military communications product, programme and operational domains.
TRASC Certification
In early February, SD Government announced it had received T-1 certification for the company’s Tactical Removable Airborne Satellite Communications (TRASC) system to equip the United States Air Force’s (USAF) Lockheed Martin C-130H/J turboprop airlifters.
TRASC is a roll-on/roll-off Satellite Communications (SATCOM) system providing Ku-band (14 gigahertz/GHz uplink/10.9GHz to 12.75GHz downlink) connectivity. There is growth potential to expand this provision to include Ka-band (26.5GHz to 40GHz uplink/18GHz to 20GHz downlink) channels.
According to a company press release, the TRASC architecture can be installed onboard a C-130 series aircraft in under 30 minutes. In addition to the USAF, SD Government is aiming TRASC at C-130 operators in US sister services and allied militaries. T-1 certification means that TRASC can be immediately implemented on C-130 aircraft “without the need of duplicative testing” according to a company statement provided to Armada. Moreover, “(t)he certified configuration initially supports Ku-band connectivity using geostationary satellites, with Ka-band capability approved for subsequent integration”. Beyond Ku-band and Ka-band provision “(t)he certification … allows for additional network compatibilities to be incorporated, giving operators the flexibility to adopt future SATCOM architectures as mission requirements evolve”.
Silvus Unveils Streamcaster Mini 5200
Silvus Technologies’ new Streamcaster Mini 5200 mobile ad hoc networking radio weighs just 182 grams and provides connections with over 550 nodes. Several potential customers are currently evaluating the system. (Silvus Technologies)
Silvus Technologies has unveiled a new Mobile Ad Hoc Networking (MANET) radio known as the Streamcaster Mini 5200. According to the company the new radio, which uses a host of frequencies between 1.35 gigahertz up to five gigahertz, can handle data at rates of up to 100 megabits-per-second. When using beamforming, the radio provides up to four watts of transmission power, according to the company’s official information.
Channel bandwidths of five, ten and 20 megahertz/MHz are standard, with bandwidths of 2.5MHz and 25MHz being optional. Integral communications and transmission security provision include the United States’ Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 140-3 and Advanced Encryption Standard-256 protocols. The radio also includes Silvus Technologies’ Mobile Networked Multiple-In Multiple-Out waveform.
According to a statement provided to Armada by the company, the Streamcaster Mini 2500 has an ultra-compact form factor that expands its “portfolio to meet the needs of covert operations and dismounted users who require a minimal footprint without sacrificing link robustness”. The statement continued that the radio seamlessly connects with over 550 nodes and weighs 182 grams (0.4 pounds). Deliveries of the Streamcaster Mini 5200 will commence this May and Silvus Technologies is currently in the test and evaluation stage with “several units and agencies across the globe”.(Source: Armada)
26 Mar 26. Poland: Increase in cyber operations points to elevated security risks from Russian threat actors
On 24 March, international news outlets reported that the number of cyber attacks on Polish organisations more than doubled in 2025 compared to 2024. During 2025, Poland reportedly suffered a total of 270,000 cyber attacks, despite the country’s proclaimed effort to bolster its cyber defences since the invasion of Ukraine. The most notable incident occurred in December 2025 when a Russian state-sponsored group (‘Sandworm’) targeted multiple energy providers in a destructive cyber operation. The attack successfully damaged communications systems, demonstrating the destructive intent of Russia’s cyber operations. This operation constituted the first destructive cyber attack on critical national infrastructure (CNI) outside Ukraine since 2022. US President Donald Trump’s shifting stance towards NATO and Ukraine has informed a redirection of Russian grey-zone operations towards the bloc over the last 12 months. We assess that this will sustain elevated security risks to Polish (and European) infrastructure in the medium term. (Source: Sibylline)
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