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.
An F-16 Block 52 upgrade programme will give the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) greater firepower and flexibility.
Announced in December 2015, the midlife upgrade was awarded to Lockheed Martin and radar partner Northrop Grumman. Singapore’s F-16 fleet will be installed with a Link 16 tactical data link, Northrop Grumman AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) and the ability to launch JDAMs and AIM-9X missiles.
Currently, RSAF F-16s use the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Smart Data Link that was picked over Link 16 in 1999.
Speaking to Shephard during Exercise Forging Sabre in Arizona, Snr Lt Col Liew
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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.