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.
Norwegian Special Mission has signed a contract with Textron Aviation to supply the UNIFIS 3000 automatic flight inspection system (AFIS) for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), the company announced on 17 September.
The contract will see the company supply two AFIS units to be installed in the JASDF's Cessna Citation Latitude aircraft. The integration will be carried out by NSM sister company Sundt Air.
The UNIFIS 3000 is an ultra-light weight AFIS that provides flight calibration and/or flight validation of all existing CNS/ATM elements.
The contract includes an option for one additional unit.
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.