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.
General Dynamics UK (GD UK) expects a contract for the newest system in its family of transportable border and base protection systems 'within the next six months'.
After GD UK’s acquisition of Kylmar (KMC) some 12 months ago, the new teaming has seen a line of deployable protection infrastructure developed – although the new system, which is the smallest in the family, that adds to the other four products does not yet have a name.
GD UK provides the container element and KMC the technology, because the company is 'very strong in the design of electro-optic systems', Jon Anderson, business and development director of defence mission and security systems for GD UK, said at the DSEi conference in London on 15 September.
The family includes an ISO persistent surveillance system (ISOPS), an integrated situational awareness system (ISAS), a portable situational awareness system (PSAS), and a short range situational awareness system (SRSAS).
The UK MoD and other undisclosed export customers have purchased these system, and the
SRSAS in particular was quickly produced, with a design ready after the first week of contract and the first ten systems delivered in six weeks.
The new system will be mounted on a lightweight pole and will be able to be configured 'within seconds', Anderson said.
In terms of the range of products the ultimate aim is to 'ensure the compound is protected', and that the systems that ensure this are easily deployed.
The company also provides shelters and battlefield hygiene systems to the MoD in an effort to make power, water and waste control in theatre more effective.
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.