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BAE Systems wins A$30M deal for
Navy satellite communications upgrade
BAE Systems Australia has won a four-year, $30
million deal to upgrade satellite communication
terminals for the Australian Navy. The upgrade will
be undertaken at BAE Systems facilities at Edinburgh
Parks in South Australia and North Ryde in Sydney
and will result in the creation of up to 20 new
jobs.
The upgrade is an extension to BAE Systems
Australia’s existing Maritime element of the
Advanced SATCOM Terrestrial Infrastructure System,
or MASTIS, support contract. The upgrade is expected
to deliver a substantial increase in ship data
capability as well as aircraft and land-based
platforms, even under heavy interference.
The MASTIS terminals are equipped with two antennas
capable of transmitting and receiving in X and
Ka-bands simultaneously and are able to connect to
two different satellites at the same time.
MASTIS terminals were designed, developed and
delivered by BAE Systems and entered service in
2005. The upgrade will see BAE Systems working with
AIRBUS Defence and Space, which supplied a
significant portion of the original terminals.
UNIS TO GET NEW DEFENCE FUNDING: Meanwhile, minister
for defence industry Christopher Pyne has announced
22 Australian universities will share $5.7 million
in project funding to develop new defence
capabilities. The funding was allocated under the
$730 million Next Generation Technologies Fund aimed
at engaging industry and academia to research
priority areas identified in the 2016 Defence
Industry Policy Statement. Funding areas include
cyber security, advanced sensors, quantum
technologies, and space capabilities.
“The Next Generation Technologies Fund allows us to
draw on the expertise in Australian universities to
initiate research into emerging technologies of
interest to Defence,” Pyne said. He added that 59
successful projects had been chosen to date and each
will receive an average of $100,000 to fund their
proposals and delivery over the next 12 months.
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