• Barrett have joined other companies in the C4 Edge program. (Supplied)
    Barrett have joined other companies in the C4 Edge program. (Supplied)
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The C4 EDGE cooperative has expanded over the past week.

C4 EDGE (Evolutionary Digital Ground Environment) is a defence industry cooperative of C4 subject matter experts leading a communications program scoping the demonstration of a sovereign land battlegroup and below communications environment for the Australian Army.

The program will leverage internationally agreed open standards to grow and demonstrate Australian C4 (command control communications and computers) industry capacity and ability to deliver a battlegroup and below C4 capability demonstration.

Ultimately, by the end of 2021 the program aims to have delivered a proof of concept demonstration that shows the capability of Australian industry to further develop a protected, integrated and supportable sovereign system: one that delivers agile and resilient C2 functionality to meet the flexible, scalable and interoperability needs of a battlegroup operating independently or with partners.

The current members are as follows:

ACT

  • 1LM
  • EOS Defence Systems
  • Insitec
  • Kord Defence
  • Outlander Solutions
  • Penten
  • SkyKraft
  • XTEK

NSW

  • 3ME Technology
  • GME 
  • EM Solutions

SA

  • Codan Communications
  • Solinnov

TAS

  • CBG Systems

VIC

  • Tectonica

WA

  • Barrett Communications

“Codan has over 60 years’ experience delivering outstanding technical solutions for defence, safety, and security markets in some of the harshest environments on earth and we are proud to be part of Australia’s C4 EDGE communications program," Paul Sangster, Executive General Manager of Codan Communications, said.

“EM Solutions is delighted to be participating in C4 EDGE," Dr. Rowan Gilmore, CEO of EM Solutions said. "For two decades we have been exporting our locally designed and manufactured satellite communications equipment, but only in the past five years has the Australian Defence Force started to deploy ours."

“Barrett are excited to be a participant in the C4 EDGE Team bringing the inherent capability of Australian Industry together to provide defence a truly sovereign communications capability for the future," Andrew Burt, CEO, Barrett Communications, said.

“The C4 EDGE program highlights the breadth and depth of Australia’s sovereign defence industry," David Levy, Managing Director, Tectonica Australia said. "Tectonica looks forwards to contributing its knowledge and experience in soldier systems to deliver the Australian Army a best of breed C4 capability."

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