The Department of Defence has released its latest implementation plan for its Sovereign Industrial Capability Priorities — Enhanced active phased array and passive radar capability.
This forms part of the government’s Defence Strategic Update and Force Structure Plan announced earlier this year, which aims to build a “robust, resilient and internationally competitive” Australian defence industry.
This latest plan outlines four critical industrial capabilities, which Defence seeks to gain access to or control over:
- Active and passive radar design and production — research, design, assembly, integration and upgrade of advanced radar technologies that offer scalable and capable radars for use in the maritime, land and air environments;
- Adaptive methods — Research and development of adaptive methods to enable superior performance in contested and degraded environments;
- System design and integration skills — Development of complex radar systems engineering, hardware and real-time software engineering skills to design and integrate technologies within the radar, including improved data and sensor fusion; and
- Sustainment of advance radar systems — Skills, equipment and facilities necessary to maintain and provide ongoing assurance of leading radar systems.
Australia; DoD reveals sovereign radar capability enhancement program