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.
A new suite of systems developed to modernise the dismounted capabilities of Canadian troops has entered qualification testing.
Known as the Integrated Soldier System Project (ISSP), the programme has now entered ‘Phase A’ testing as part of an initial C$8.5 million contract awarded to Rheinmetall Canada on 27 July.
Qualification work is expected to be completed by April 2016, with the contract stipulating that all Phase A work must be finished within nine months of the initial contract award.
‘Rheinmetall Canada will rigorously test its proposed system to ensure that it meets Canada’s qualification requirements,’ a Canadian Department of
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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.