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n Commercial & Mil Spec MF/HF Base Station Antennas 1.6~30Mhz n Commercial & Mil Spec Wideband VHF Discone Antennas
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ligence technology requirement - or the need to enhance, transition and support a fleet of communications devices over the capability life cycle – the company is investing in a range of technologies and researchers to further grow the business.
The aim of the company when it be- gan was to think of communications and intelligence technology solutions from a completely clean slate; and if you want to avoid ITAR concerns and legacy is- sues, what would the network of choice look like from first principles, Mark No- vak, Outlander’s Strategy and Business Transformation lead explained to ADM. The signals weight burden and system complexity on a solider carrying up to 60 kilograms is not ideal, with both No- vak and CEO and founder Bevan Jones having extensive Defence and Industry backgrounds, are also keen to address payload, power and integration issues.
With a recently completed secure facil- ity at their head office, the company is able to rapidly prototype and demonstrate their products, both hardware and soft- ware, to potential clients. The company is also working on hosting a number of sen- sor payloads in their hardware to include soldier HUMS, environmental monitor- ing and geo-location tracking alongside various radios in a single unit.
“A few million dollars to a small com- pany goes a long way,” Jones said to ADM. In terms of what they are bringing to the table for C4 EDGE, Novak explained it as the system that sits between the solider and the peripherals, almost like Bluetooth.
PENTEN
While still in its early years, cyber secu- rity and crypto experts Penten have come ahead in leaps and bounds in their work with Defence. From Defence Innovation Hub contracts, work through Army Innova- tion day and more, the company has also thrown its hat in the C4 EDGE ring. They will primarily be bringing their experience in secure systems architecture to the table as well as a number of other ingredients.
“It has been a really interesting program for a bunch of reasons,” Matthew Wilson, founder and CEO of Penten said to ADM. “One is the nature of its formation and the way it’s being run.
“The commitment and engagement out of Army, which has genuinely been spec- tacular, and then the nature of the little teamlets that have been formed out the
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