In 2018, the National Aerial Firefighting Centre (NAFC) recommended deploying Silvus Technologies meshing data radios for use on aerial firefighting assets in Australian states and territories.

Announcing the latest software-defined radio (SDR) in its family of Mobile Networked- Multiple Input and Multiple Output (MN-MIMO) solutions, Silvus Technologies demonstrated a range of emerging concepts of operations (CONOPS) to industry partners and end-users in September.

L3Harris took the opportunity at the 2019 Defence and Security Equipment International exhibition (DSEI 2019) to unveil its latest T4 robotic system, which fits within the medium-sized platform category and appears to be a scaled-down version of the T7 platform, albeit with a different running gear configuration.

Silvus Technologies has unveiled an enhancement to its Mobile Networked-Multiple Input and Multiple Output (MN-MIMO) waveform, designed to support connectivity of forward deployed troops operating in contested environments.

Silvus Technologies is featured in Armada International’s June/July 2018 issue of Modern Soldier: An Armada International Compendium Supplement. Speaking to Armada International, Jimi Henderson, vice president of sales at communications specialist Silvus Technologies, gave his view of emerging requirements from the contemporary operating environment.

WGS Systems, LLC, a company specializing in communications, signals, imaging, visualization and analytic technologies, has released the latest version of its Mobile Ad Hoc Networking (MANET) collaborative operating environment. Its Tactical Management System (TMS) combines terrestrial mesh radios with native legacy copper, fiber, microwave and satellite communications (SATCOM) infrastructure to provide a highly stable, geographically dispersed network of sensors, analysis and control components that together form a comprehensive view of a region using live video, RF spectrum mapping, asset tracking and various other sensors. This decentralized MANET system has a wide variety of applications including military, disaster relief, major event security, port security and persistent safety monitoring of major metropolitan areas.

Exercise demonstrated air drop of sonobuoys from a Northrop Grumman Fire Scout surrogate aircraft and deployed the Northrop Grumman micro synthetic aperture sonar with real-time automated target recognition on a man-portable UUV.

 

An undisclosed US DoD agency conducted a training exercise during the first week of September designed to consider next-generation technologies capable of supporting small unit teams operating in austere conditions.

Industry team sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has set a new standard for wireless transmission by operating a data link at 100 gigabits per second over a distance of 20 kilometers in a city environment.

[Broadcasters] can plug an RG-45 Ethernet cable directly into an IP-enabled device — such as a broadband modem or mesh network radio — to transmit from the field; CNN is doing that today with Silvus Technologies’ mesh network radios in Washington, D.C.