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.
Selex ES has strengthened its electronic warfare (EW) offerings with the acquisition of Canadian company Tactical Technologies Inc (TTI). Selex announced the completion of the acquisition on 22 October.
TTI is an independent supplier of electronic warfare analysis software and services – including Tactical Engagement Simulation Software (TESS) family of products - to customers worldwide.
TESS products, both off-the-shelf and bespoke, create physics-based simulations that assist with the analysis of electronic warfare products, particularly in the field of electronic defence.
Selex has identified electronic defence technologies as a growth market. The company’s existing electronic defence capabilities include the BriteCloud expendable radar decoy product; and the company is also under contract to develop a Common Jamming Pod for the UK Royal Air Force.
The acquisition of the TTI portfolio, which will continue to be provided under the TTI name, will enhance the Selex ES’ electronic warfare range. It will also allow Selex ES to maintain its provision of operational support (EWOS) offer as it further develops its range of electronic defence products; and will enable the company to accelerate its electronic warfare product development and to improve the effectiveness of new products against less familiar threats.
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.