The Australian Department of Defence, through its Defence Space Command established in 2022, is responsible for coordinating the country's military space activities and assuring access to space for national security. It focuses on strategic space planning, space-based communications, intelligence, navigation, and the operation of space facilities. The Department works with the Australian Space Agency, allies, and international partners to promote responsible behavior in space and develop sovereign space capabilities, investing in areas like satellite communications, space domain awareness, and space control.
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The Australian Defence Force is interested in buying at least two geostationary communications satellites and in obtaining a sovereign military satcom capability.
The Australian Defence Force on 2023-04-03 selected Lockheed Martin as the preferred bidder for JP9102.
Rocket Lab has launched national launching security payloads developed in partnership with Australia’s Department of Defence.
The Australian Defence Force extended a contract to use Inmarsat’s satellites to 2027 and expanded the agreement to include managed services last year.
On 2022-10-03, QinetiQ plans to buy Australian defense services company Air Affairs for 53 million Australian dollars ($35,000,000).
Inmarsat has supported the Australian Defence Force and built new ground stations in Australia for its recently launched I-6 F1 satellite.
The NROL-199 payload was designed, built, and is operated by the National Reconnaissance Office in partnership with the Australian Department of Defence.
The NROL-199 payload was designed, built, and is operated by the National Reconnaissance Office in partnership with the Australian Department of Defence.
The NROL-199 payload was designed, built, and is operated by the National Reconnaissance Office in partnership with the Australian Department of Defence.
NROL-199 was the second of two missions the National Reconnaissance Office developed in partnership with the Australian Department of Defence.
Hanwha Systems is developing a satellite communication antenna through a self-funded project intended to be combined with OneWeb’s LEO connectivity to deliver satellite internet solutions for Australian military platforms.
Airbus has signed a multi-year strategic partnership agreement to support the Australian Department of Defence’s Resilient Multi-mission Space (RMS) STaR Shot research program.
NROL-162 and NROL-199 will carry national security payloads designed, built, and operated by the National Reconnaissance Office in partnership with the Australian Department of Defence.
The Australian Department of Defence and the National Reconnaissance Office have committed to a broad range of cooperative satellite activities to expand Australia’s space knowledge and capabilities.
The payloads on NROL-162 and NROL-199 were designed, built, and are operated by the National Reconnaissance Office in partnership with the Australian Department of Defence.
NROL-162 is the first of two NRO missions that the agency developed in partnership with the Australian Department of Defence.
NROL-199 is planned for 2022-07-22 as the second of the two NRO missions developed with the Australian Department of Defence.
The satellites for NROL-162 and NROL-199 were designed, built, and will be operated by the National Reconnaissance Office in partnership with the Australian Department of Defense.
DroneShield's offering is validated by deployments with the US Air Force and Australian Army.
Northrop Grumman Australia (NYSE: NOC) will partner with Inmarsat to develop an agile, resilient, and sovereign satellite communications capability in response to the JP9102 Australian Defence Satellite Communication System project.