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.
Comtech Mobile Datacom has received a contract modification totalling $3.7 million to support the US Army’s Blue Force Tracking 2 (BFT-2) programme, the company announced on 4 June.
The modification will support the US Army’s Project Manager Mission Command and provide funding for Phase 1B following the execution of Phase 1 in September 2017.
Both Phase 1 and 1B, totaling $5 million, will port additional waveforms onto the current BFT-2 transceiver to allow it to be used in austere operational environments. The work aims to provide the ability to quickly change to different waveforms based on changing operational environments and requirements.
The BFT-2 system provides situational awareness and C2 messaging to US military platforms and coalition forces designated by the US Combatant Commands. It uses GPS for positioning, navigation and network timing and commercial satellites (L-Band) to exchange both situational awareness and C2 messages between platforms.
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.
The release of the UK’s Strategic Defence Review (SDR) has been long promised as mid-year. It is possible it could be as early as 2 June although the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) continues to play its cards close to its chest.
Intelsat outlines how its multi-orbit SATCOM architecture is enhancing connectivity and resilience for special operations forces operating in degraded and contested environments.