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.
Engineering Services Network (ESN) has received an $8.2 million task order from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme division, the company announced on 13 April.
The one-year task order will see ESN evaluate design concepts and develop technical documentation to support efforts on current and proposed combat system and C4I programmes.
Douglas Lopez, chief operating officer, ESN, said: 'This ongoing contract with the Naval Surface Warfare Center demonstrates ESN's extensive experience in comprehensive programme management and systems engineering.
'It also highlights the breadth and depth of our support for planning and coordinating the installation of combat system ship platform integration in aircraft carriers, L-Class ships and other battle group units.'
Raymond Lopez, Jr, president and CEO, ESN, said: 'Our mission at ESN is to work with the fleet and type commanders by establishing an engineering resource for planning and coordinating the installation of combat system ship platform integration and C4I in aircraft carriers, L-Class ships.'
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.