The Scytale Link from GRC Ltd is intended to provide multibearer connectivity as part of the range extension element of the Project Asgard network component. (GRC Ltd)
Further details have emerged of the communications element of Project Asgard, the British Army's programme to enhance the command-and-control (C2) capability of the force committed to the defence of Estonia, including the Forward Land Force (FLF) battlegroup from the 4th Armoured Brigade Combat Team (4 Armd Bde CT) that is deployed in theatre.
Speaking at SAE Media's Future Soldier Technology conference in London in March, Colonel Pete Brunton, programme manager for Land Environment Tactical Command Information Systems (LE TacCIS), said Project Asgard had resulted from the Chief of the General Staff's directive that the FLF required a recce/strike complex and needed to be able to “see further, strike harder and cheaper, and decide much quicker”.
Col Brunton said Project Asgard was providing enhanced intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR); one-way effectors; and networks.
Focusing on the networks, Col Brunton said the project had been in progress since the fourth quarter of 2024. Equipment is being delivered, training is under way in the United Kingdom, and delivery into theatre will take place later in 2025. He explained that the networks effort had addressed three areas: range extension, dismounted communications, and national and international interoperability.
New masts, higher than the existing 12 m equipment and with longer low-loss co-axial cables, have been procured to break the tree canopy for range extension without radio rebroadcast. DarkSky radio frequency reflectors from Phoenix C4i, which can be attached to the antennas, are intended to enhance directional gain and screen the antenna from advanced electronic warfare (EW) sensors.
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