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.
Thales will supply Continuous Wave Illumination (CWI) transmitters to the Royal Danish Navy under a contract with the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization announced on 15 February.
The 14 transmitters will be integrated with the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) fire control system on the navy's Absalon and Iver Huitfeldt class vessels.
CWI transmitters provide the x-band signal within the fire control system to illuminate the threat, and allow the ESSM missile to 'home in' on the reflected signal.
Thales' CWI uses Gallium Nitride technology and incorporates a proven missile waveform generator building block.
Deliveries will take place in 2019 through to 2021. A second contract has also been signed for the sustainment support of the CWI systems until 2049.
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.