Silentium Defence, a spinoff from Defence Australia, has delivered the first batch of passive radar systems for AIR6500, Australia’s Joint Air Battle Management System. Lockheed Martin Australia, which will build AIR6500, confirmed receiving the Maverick Fortress 3D sensors. Warren McDonald, the company’s chief executive in Australia and New Zealand, said the Adelaide-based deep-technology startup made...
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Swedish Government to Procure 10 Saab Combat Boats
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration has ordered 10 combat boats worth $37.83 million from Saab. The boats, which will be delivered over several years, are based on Saab’s CB90 Next Generation vessel manufactured in the company’s shipyard in Docksta. According to Saab’s website, the CB90 Next Generation features a new combat management system and sensors...
Boeing, Australian Researchers Conduct ISS Tests on 3D Mapping
The International Space Station National Laboratory is sponsoring a joint project between aerospace company Boeing and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, the Australian government’s scientific research agency, to test a new 3D method for mapping remote environments. The lab said the collaboration, called the Multi-Resolution Scanner project, will use one of the free-flying...