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The Sydney-based counter-UAS company has been tapped to support the design and development of advanced defence technology.
DroneShield has announced its appointment to the Australian Department of Defence’s Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare (ISREW) Standing Offer Panel.
The ASX-listed company will be tasked with supporting the design, development, integration, and acquisition of ISREW equipment.
Specifically, DroneShield’s contribution to the panel could include:
- research and development;
- engineering development (including limited platform integration);
- conducting test and evaluation services;
- prototyping and low-rate production;
- delivery of supplies; and
- rapid acquisition (to support urgent operational requirements).
Other responsibilities may include the provision of services for mission systems, support systems and bespoke support equipment.
Oleg Vornik, DroneShield’s CEO, welcomed the company’s selection, adding it would build on the existing work delivered to Defence.
“In addition to our rapidly growing counter-drone business, the ISREW work is a highly complementary, adjacent market,” he said.
“We already have real experience in this space via our second electronic warfare contract with the Australian Department of Defence, as well as an ISR contract with the Defence Innovation Hub.
“The significance of being on the panel is access to additional work for sensitive projects which cannot be openly tendered for by the Commonwealth.”
The news comes just days after DroneShield Limited confirmed its receipt of a $2 million order for multiple DroneSentry fixed site detect-and-defeat systems from an undisclosed European government.
The deal, which represents the largest DroneShield contract from a European customer, is expected to commence in the September 2022 quarter with the first payment.
DroneSentry includes software as a service (SaaS) subscriptions to DroneShield’s artificial intelligence software engines — RFAITM (radiofrequency sensor AI), DroneOptIDTM (optical computer vision AI) and DroneSentry-C2TM command-and-control sensor fusion engine.
The capability is designed to correlate situational data, providing increased situational awareness for automatic identification and response to UxS intrusions or threats.
DroneSentry can be deployed in permanent or temporary installations, operating both as a single system deployment or with multiple systems deployed on site.
[Related: DroneShield wins European contract ]
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