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.
Motorola Solutions has received a €254 million ($308 million) framework contract from German defence procurement agency BAAINBw to design, build, supply and deploy a digital network for mission-critical communications.
The four-year deal will see Motorola help the German Armed Forces with their digitisation efforts to ensure fast, reliable and secure voice communications and data access in the field, the data communications and telecommunications provider announced on 9 February.
Motorola will deliver of up to 120 radio systems for mobile and stationary deployment. Forty of these radios will be integrated in 20ft (6.1m) ISO containers, while the remainder will be installed in operating, transport and storage containers for greater flexibility, operational readiness and higher mobility.
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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.