Signals of Change: The Future of Electronic Warfare (Podcast)
How are geopolitical developments and emerging technologies shaping the future of defence?
In this podcast, Keijo Mattila, Senior Product Manager, SIGINT & Electronic Warfare at Patria, explores the key trends influencing defence offering development and explains how critical technologies can support defence forces in a rapidly changing operating environment.
Listen for expert insights into the most important technology areas in electronic warfare, together with an overview of advanced signal intelligence and passive surveillance solutions.
Biography:
Keijo Mattila, Senior Product Manager, SIGINT & Electronic Warfare, Patria
Keijo Mattila has extensive experience in defence technology, product development, software engineering, and academic research. At Patria, Mattila serves as Technical Lead in the AI-WASP European Defence Fund programme. Previously, he managed passive ELINT and ESM sensor systems, leading product roadmaps, facilitating R&D and supporting sales. Earlier in his career at Patria, he led software development for ELINT sensor server solutions. His achievements include successful product launches and live demonstrations, and several research articles.
4 Jun 2026
Radioflash! Episode 24 – SMART Kill Explored
Armada explored the SMART Kill, or Spectrum Measures Against Radio Frequency Threats, concept back in November 2024. How has the concept developed during the intervening years?
Alasdair ‘Gilly’ Gilchrist, a former Royal Navy Electronic Warfare (EW) practitioner and an EW subject matter expert, has been developing his SMART Kill concept for several years. He was previously a guest on the Radioflash! podcast (https://www.armadainternational.com/2024/11/radioflash-podcast-16-smart-kill-electronic-warfare/) to discuss this subject in late 2024.
The global security picture, notably the ongoing war in Ukraine, and the recent conflict involving Israel and the United States, and the Islamic Republic of Iran, underscore SMART Kill’s necessity and relevance. In Armada’s latest Radioflash! episode we catch up with Mr. Gilchrist. We explore how SMART Kill has developed and his plans to continue SMART Kill’s evolution. A link to Mr. Gilchrist’s recent article on SMART Kill in the Journal of Electromagnetic Dominance can be found here (https://www.jed-digital.com/jedm/library/item/0426_april_2026/4331198/). He can also be reached via his LinkedIn profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alasdair-gilchrist-mbe-msm-mapm-a3a7ba40/).
8 Jan 2026
Radioflash! Episode 23 – Listen Closely
A new book provides a valuable, and much-needed, introduction to the fundamental principles of communications intelligence.
For some in the electronic warfare community, Communications Intelligence (COMINT) is the poor relation of its electronic intelligence counterpart. Nonetheless, COMINT has never been in more demand: The global growth of electronic communications, on and off the battlefield, make it a vital provider of intelligence to governments and militaries alike. Much of the COMINT world is shrouded in secrecy, the preserve of government spooks and their listening stations. Therefore, the work of the COMINT operative can be mysterious. Nonetheless, a new book entitled COMINT: All You Need to Know from electronic warfare expert Vito Pesare demystifies this fascinating discipline. It follows on from his work Electromagnetic Warfare: All You Need to Know, cowritten with Dr. Richard Rudd-Orthner that was published in 2024. In our latest Radioflash! podcast Mr. Pesare shares his motivations for writing this new work, the challenging aspects the book’s research and his thoughts on how the COMINT domain will evolve in the coming years. Copies of Mr. Pesare’s book can be ordered here (https://www.amazon.fr/COMINT-All-Your-Need-Know/dp/B0FQ4WMM5G).
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