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…
By Jane Rickards The ASPI Strategist web site has published an article by author Jane Rickards that reports Taiwan is paying attention to seabed risks. It’s suffered undersea cable breaks and it has noted deliberate attacks on such communications lines…
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…
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…
Adelaide-based Saber Astronautics has formed a strategic partnership with Capricorn Space a leading Australian satellite ground station services provider. This collaboration is set to significantly bolster Saber Astronautics' Responsive Space Operations Centre (RSOC) program, incorporating Capricorn Space's advanced satellite ground station capability…
San Diego-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and the US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) have demonstrated key elements of AFSOC’s Adaptive Airborne Enterprise (A2E) concept. The first demonstration, in December 2023, featured the simultaneous control of three…
Perth-based satellite communications antenna builder Blacktree Technology has recorded nearly 400% growth in export sales across the 2022-23 financial year, amounting to some $1.2 million. Much of this growth is due to increasing and diverse European demand for Satellite Communications…