Californian company General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) is partnering with Swedish defence prime contractor Saab to develop an autonomous Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) capability for the MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft, or Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS). GA-ASI plans…
Defence has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for SPA9102 (Narrowband Satellite Communications). The closing date for the RFI is 11 August and an industry briefing is scheduled for 10 July. Defence says it is looking for a single, sovereign…
Perth-based Blacktree Technology Pty Limited has teamed with European company Airbus Defence & Space and US firms ViaSat Inc and SMARTSAT to deliver UHF SATCOM (satellite communications) services to international customers. The teaming relationship was unveiled at the GOVSATCOM 2025 conference…
Reading-based Cohort Plc, an independent UK technology group, has completed the acquisition of Australian satellite communication terminal specialist, Brisbane-based EM Solutions, expanding its naval defence offer and reinforcing the Group’s presence in Australasia. EM Solutions was previously owned by Canberra-based…
Airbus Defence & Space has launched the first of two SpainSat satellites, SpainSat NG-I, on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, in the US. Operated by Hisdesat for the Spanish Armed Forces, the Satellite Communications (SATCOM) satellite operates in…
Adelaide-based Fleet Space Technologies has successfully demonstrated Two-way Voice and Data (TVAD) Satellite Communications (SATCOM) for the ADF under the SmartSat CRC’s ASCEND2LEO program which is led by the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG), the University of South Australia…
Canberra-based Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited has agreed to sell its Naval Satellite Communications (SATCOM) subsidiary, EM Solutions Pty Limited to UK firm Cohort plc for about $144 million. The sale has received approval from the Australian government’s Foreign Investment…
Just days after announcing it had ceased satellite communications (SATCOM) procurement activity in Joint Project 9102, Defence has launched a classified Optus communications satellite into geostationary orbit. The Optus-X satellite was launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster from Kennedy…
A system that could help locate and rescue astronauts stranded in remote areas on the moon, and a spacecraft with world-leading AI capabilities be backed by South Australian Government funding. The two South Australian start-ups behind the innovations – Safety…
Adelaide-based KBR has been selected as the ADF’s industry partner to sustain Aggregated Monitoring and Control (AM&C) of Satellite Earth Stations. The company will deliver sustainment services that ensure the ADF has a more modern, assured and resilient satellite communications service.…