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Boeing Defence Australia and Northrop Grumman to deliver interface for government’s Joint Data Network Program.
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Boeing Defence Australia and Northrop Grumman Australia have entered into an agreement to deliver a Joint Interface Control System for the JP 9347 – Commonwealth of Australia’s Joint Data Network Program.
The interface hopes to allow users to control information flows and data from a number of secure networks in one platform. It is expected that the system will improve Defence’s situational awareness.
The interface will include parts from both Boeing Defence Australia and Northrop Grumman, allowing Defence to manage data on an Australian managed platform.
Boeing Defense, Space and Security’s director of global sales and marketing for Australia and New Zealand, Dale McDowall, outlined that the platform will be an Australian managed interface.
“The team offers operationally proven, mission capable communication and Tactical Data Link products,” McDowall said.
“Combined with extensive in-country systems design and development experience to deliver the foundation for a resilient and sovereign-controlled JDN.”
Boeing Defence Australia noted that this follows the success of the battlespace management system Wakulda and the battlespace communications system Currawong. Meanwhile, they will be leveraging Northrop Grumman’s 60 years of communications and network capabilities.
Andrew Pryor, director of business development at Northrop Grumman Australia, outlined that the partnership will utilise both companies’ expertise in the area.
“This partnership brings to bear the best of companies’ technology, talent and expertise in network communications and gateway systems to ensure the ADF maintains the required strategic advantage in an age of data-driven warfare,” Pryor noted.
“We stand ready to meet the JP 9347 mission needs of the ADF today and in the future.”
[Related: Northrop’s CIRCM proceeds to full-rate production]
