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 undisclosed Middle East nation has signed an $11 million contract with Harris to supply Falcon III RF-7800 series multiband, multi-mission radios, the company announced on 17 August.
The order is a part of a wider modernisation effort currently underway by the customer nation. It includes the RF-7850M-HH multiband networking handheld radio and the RF-7800H-MP wideband tactical manpack radio.
The RF-7850M-HH radio offers wideband communications and mobile, ad-hoc networking along with legacy narrowband waveforms. The RF-7800H-MP radio delivers expanded data capabilities in long-range, beyond-line-of-sight environments.
Brendan O'Connell, president, tactical communications, Harris Communication Systems, said: ‘These radios support the customer's operational requirements for simultaneous, secure voice and high-bandwidth data across a wide range of military missions.
‘Our continued investment in the Falcon portfolio, supported by our strong presence in the region, enables us to transition customers from legacy voice-dominated tactical radios to networked wideband tactical radios.’
Deliveries under this order are already complete.
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.