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.
The US Army’s programme to acquire additional PRC-155 Manpack radios in support of fielding requirements is making good progress, with the first two systems delivered. The 1,500 two-channel radios, built by General Dynamics C4 Systems and Rockwell Collins, are on-track to be delivered by November 2014.
The order is part of a Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract issued in January 2014 that will bring the number of PRC-155 Manpack radios owned by the US Army to more than 5,300 units. The first LRIP contract for 100 AN/PRC-155 Manpack radios was awarded to General Dynamics in 2011; while the second LRIP contract, awarded in 2012, ordered 3,726 two-channel Manpack radios.
The two-channel PRC-155 Manpack radios, rigorously tested and evaluated as directed by the US Army, are designed to improve soldiers' and commanders' situational awareness for faster decision-making in response to changing mission conditions.
Chris Marzilli, president, General Dynamics C4 Systems, said: ‘We will continue to produce the PRC-155 Manpack radios, which provide soldiers with the most advanced and cyber-secure communications capability proven effective by soldiers and commanders in Afghanistan, as directed by the US Army.’
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.