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.
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by the US Navy to develop the replacement inertial navigation system (INS-R) deployed on navy combat and support ships, the company announced on 15 December.
The contract has the base year value of $19.8 million and a total potential value of $47.8 million over five years.
The INS-R provides increased navigation accuracy in challenging maritime combat environments and supports the navy’s new Assured Positioning Navigation and Timing (A-PNT) architecture.
Todd Leavitt, vice president, maritime systems business unit, Northrop Grumman, said: ‘The INS-R will be the foundation of the assured position, navigation and timing suite for virtually all navy ships. Our inertial navigation system will provide very accurate position and attitude information for the navy's combat and support ships to help them accomplish their demanding missions.’
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.
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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.