AUS: Electronic Surveillance System Upgrade for Army

Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP announced today that Defence has signed a contract that will provide Australian soldiers with a back-pack electronic surveillance system.

Mr Pyne said the acquisition contract signed with Victorian company Chemring Australia is valued at $18 million and will supply up to 50 back-pack electronic surveillance systems to be delivered during the first 18 months of the contract.

“These new back-pack based systems will detect, identify and determine the direction of communication signals in the field and provide that information to other electronic warfare command units,” Minister Pyne said.

“This replacement of an obsolete system as part of a wider Army electronic warfare capability upgrade will significantly improve the Army’s situational awareness in the field.

AUS: Frontline soldiers benefit from Diggerworks

Minister for Defence Science and Personnel Warren Snowdon and the Minister for Defence Materiel Mike Kelly today released a study reinforcing how the Department of Defence Diggerworks initiative has vastly improved the way Australian soldiers are equipped for combat.

Diggerworks is a joint initiative between Army, the Defence Materiel Organisation, the Capability Development Group and the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) to identify and deliver technology to enhance the fighting capability of our frontline soldiers and tactical unit.

The study undertaken by Danny Samson, Professor of Management at the University of Melbourne and Dr Peter Cebon, former Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, analysed the success of the Diggerworks initiative.

Mr Snowdon said the report demonstrated the importance of collaboration, with our combat troops now amongst the best equipped troops in the world.

AUS: Frontline soldiers benefit from Diggerworks

Minister for Defence Science and Personnel Warren Snowdon and the Minister for Defence Materiel Mike Kelly today released a study reinforcing how the Department of Defence’s Diggerworks initiative has vastly improved the way Australian soldiers are equipped for combat.

Diggerworks is a joint initiative between Army, the Defence Materiel Organisation, the Capability Development Group and the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) to identify and deliver technology to enhance the fighting capability of our frontline soldiers and tactical unit.

The study undertaken by Danny Samson, Professor of Management at the University of Melbourne and Dr Peter Cebon, former Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, analysed the the success of the Diggerworks initiative.