Australia looks towards space with force restructure, investment and training
Australia is looking to improve its presence in space with a focus on communications and creating a dedicated segment of its defence forces committed to the domain.
API Technologies Corp., a provider of highly engineered products and services to the global defense sector, has been awarded a long term contract from the US Army to develop and supply the Night Vision Electronic Systems Test Set. The five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract has a ceiling value of $22 million and an additional one-year option.
Steve Pudles, CEO of API Defense USA, said, "API has earned a reputation for engineering excellence in system design, development and production. These core competencies were critical in our Company winning this competitive award. We look forward to working with the Army to deliver the Night Vision Electronic Systems Test Set product and to continuing our focus on being a key supplier to both government and global defense companies."
Source: API
Australia is looking to improve its presence in space with a focus on communications and creating a dedicated segment of its defence forces committed to the domain.
The Portuguese company’s naval communications system is in service across more than a dozen countries. It has turned to its home nation for support in developing a new vehicle based C2 system.
The Vision4ce Deep Embedded Feature Tracking (DEFT) technology software is designed to process video and images by blending traditional computer vision with artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to present actionable information from complex environments.
Persistent Systems has been cleared by National Security Agency (NSA) to transmit sensitive data on commercial networks. The devices are added to the NSA’s Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) component list which also includes other companies’ products providing the same security.
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Intelsat outlines how its multi-orbit SATCOM architecture is enhancing connectivity and resilience for special operations forces operating in degraded and contested environments.