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C4ISTAR TECHNOLOGIES ISSN 1478-3347 Volume Twenty Four – Issue Two September 2021 BATTLESPACEC4ISTAR TECHNOLOGIES ISSN 1478-3347 Volume twenty four – Issue two September 2021 VEHICLES COMMUNICATIONS ARMOUR COMPUTERS SPACE Contents 8 Editor: Julian Nettlefold Advertising: Battlespace Publications Published by: BATTLESPACE Publications Old Charlock Abthorpe Road 24 Silverstone Towcester NN12 8TW United Kingdom Contacts: Julian Nettlefold Mobile: +44 (0)77689 54766 Email: j.nettlefold@ battle-technology.com All rights reserved in all countries. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval systems or transmitted in any form 30 42 or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of the Publisher. Infringements of any of the above rights will be liable to prosecution under UK, European or US civil or criminal law. Subscriptions: www.battle-technology.com Battlespace C4ISTAR Technologies (ISSN: 1478-3347) is published by Battlespace Publications. Battlespace C4ISTAR Technologies (ISSN: 1478-3347) is published by Battlespace Publications Printed by: St. Austell Printing Company St. Austell Business Park St. Austell Cornwall PL25 4FD BATTLESPACE C4ISTAR TECHNOLOGIES 3 Letter from the editor Dear Reader, Welcome to our special DSEI issue, published as the turmoil of the COVID pandemic recedes and life inches back to normal. It is a tribute to Clarion to keep the DSEI show alive and to bring us all back together again after so many months apart or on a Zoom screen. Since COVID struck the world has become a more dangerous place with hot spots springing up all over the world from Mozambique in Africa to Iranian drones in the Gulf thru to China and Afghanistan, where the situation gets worse by the day. Coupled to this defence budgets, already under strain, are under greater strain given the need to borrow billions to pay for COVID, so cuts will be required and more emphasis on value for money brought into to defence contracting. A new DSEI focus is on the need for a strong, flexible and secure digital backbone attached to comms systems suited for the new and stringent multi-domain warfare requirements. Many of these new technologies together with 5G, AI, Robots, Drones, C-UAV and Machine Learning will be on show for the first time. The challenge for militaries across the world will be to re-educate their servicemen and women to operate these systems efficiently and within the rules of warfare. This requires a whole new thought process and new tactical doctrines, many of which are still in the draft stage. Your sincerely, Julian Nettlefold Editor, Battlespace Front cover: Courtesy of Curtiss-Wright 4 News in Brief The importance of EMI compliance in military vehicle platforms EMI compliance, where electronic Complex assemblies providing filtered insertion loss performance, with equipment is able to perform in an interconnection with attenuation ratings of 1kVdc and 100A in regular electromagnetic environment and performances from 10s of kHz to GHz manufacture. minimise adverse impact on equipment can have signal and power lines with around it, is essential in military, widely different performances combined The long working life planned for many aerospace and on other platforms. Land in a single part optimised for size and land vehicle and aerospace platforms vehicles with their aggregate of power weight. On site manufacture of three makes through life support an important and signal systems in close proximity can capacitor technologies, tubular, discoidal consideration. Oxley can support be especially vulnerable, with individual and planar array allow leadtime and cost customers in mitigating potential issues systems complying but the vehicle concerns to be addressed at the earliest through their experience and capability suffering issues as the electromagnetic stage. including ongoing design & development environment changes with the systems capability, in-house manufacture in place and active. The incorporation of Single line filters with combinations of from raw material, keen obsolescence EMI filtering and shielding at the earliest capacitors and inductors range from management and a practise of offering stages can avoid the cost, complexity lower cost C or LC types to multiple last time buys as product life cycles come and space challenges of retrofitting each cascades of filter elements to maximise to close. system and avoid long programme delays. Oxley Group manufactures high reliability, low pass EMI filters for military, aerospace and communication applications. Our experience of capacitors and EMI filters developed over seven decades has produced thousands of products both as standard offerings and as bespoke solutions. The harsh operating environments and onerous performance requirements of our customers are met through a focus on reliability and in house capability which extends from design through ceramic and metal piece parts manufacture to plating, assembly and final test. BATTLESPACE C4ISTAR TECHNOLOGIES 5 IP at the heart of new innovation strategy The UK government’s innovation strategy commercialise their IP so that they can The IPO will also lead a call for views sets out how the UK aims to be a global use the value within their IP assets to to better understand how the current leader in innovation and a strong grow their business framework for Standard Essential Patents intellectual property system will be key to l launch a new, free, fit for purpose (SEPs) is functioning to support innovation, make that happen. Innovation is critical support offer for businesses and and to establish whether change is needed. in tackling the UK’s biggest challenges, organisations to make the most of their including achieving Net Zero, levelling IP in overseas markets. The service will The IPO set out in its Corporate Plan a up growth across the country, achieving consist of easy to access, ‘self-serve’, programme of work that will support our ambitions as a global trading nation online materials and clearer routes to the government’s focus on innovation and economic recovery from the Covid access the UK’s network of IP experts including developing an IP & Innovation pandemic. based in key export markets around the Passport and an IP in Finance strategy world alongside a framework linking IP to IP will play a central role in creating l extend its education programme to stages in the business lifecycle. It will the right environment to meet these reach more higher education-based also publish a Places Strategy and along challenges. An effective IP system gives researchers during the next academic with existing regional posts that will confidence to businesses, creators and year. This will help them better support the levelling up agenda. The IPO’s investors that ideas will be protected and understand and manage the IP they Corporate Plan was published in May and they can get a return for their work. create and generate the maximum sets out its priorities over the coming benefit from their research business year (2021-22). The IPO is the The Strategy outlines how IP will address official UK government body responsible its four pillars of unleashing business, In addition, the IPO will consult a number for intellectual property (IP) rights supporting people and skills, serving of issues to strengthen the UK’s IP system, including patents, designs, trade marks the needs of institutions and places and and in the Autumn it will consult on the and copyright. It operates and maintain a stimulating missions and technologies. protection of inventions and creations clear and accessible intellectual property Specifically, the IPO will: made by artificial intelligence (AI) with system in the UK, which encourages l launch a new ‘IP Access’ fund that will minimal human input. Following its 2020 innovation and helps the economy and help businesses to grow and to build call for views the IPO will look at options society to benefit from knowledge and back better from the Covid pandemic. to address whether patents should be ideas. It helps people get the right type of Building on the already successful IP granted to inventions, and copyright protection for their creation or invention. audit plus programme, this new scheme should apply to creative works, created will support businesses to manage and by AI. (Source: https://www.gov.uk/) £9.5m investment for military space communications The Defence Science and Technology providing high speed connectivity to link £1.4bn into next-generation technology in Laboratory (Dstl) have awarded a £9.5m air, land and maritime platforms. the Defence Space Portfolio across the next contract to In-Space Missions Ltd for the 10 years.” build of the Titania satellite, which will The satellite will be built in the UK by undertake vital research on the next- Hampshire-based In-Space Missions, with The contract to build the satellite has generation of communications technology. the contract directly supporting 20 jobs at been awarded through the Serapis Lot To be launched in 2023 and approximately the company and in the UK supply chain. 2 commercial framework, run by Dstl the size of a washing machine, the satellite Forming an important part of developing in collaboration with BAE Systems. The will support the ‘Titania Operational the MoD’s space capability, the contract framework aims to reach non-traditional Concept Demonstrator’ which is exploring follows the recent launch of UK Space defence suppliers, small and medium-sized the military utility of Low Earth Orbit Command at RAF High Wycombe, which enterprises, and academia to develop new (LEO) direct-to-earth free-space optical saw the headquarters of Defence space capabilities with the space domain. communications (FSOC). capabilities and operations officially ‘stood up.’ (Source: https://www.gov.uk/) As modern battlespace technology requires increasingly high bandwidth, FSOC Commander of UK Space Command, Air has the potential to transform military Vice Marshal Paul Godfrey said, “Following communications with its ability to transfer our stand-up as a Joint Command, the large volumes of data, with a low risk of Titania satellite contract is the next detection or interception.
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