Land Forces 2024: Kongsberg missiles update & BlackBerry for secure comms

Australian Defence Magazine Podcast

In this episode, we present the last of the interviews we recorded at Land Forces 2024.

John Fry, Managing Director of Kongsberg Defence Australia:

John updates us on the delivery of Kongsberg Defence Australia's components of the NASAMS Air Defence system to Army, the StrikeMaster launcher for the Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defence System that employs the Thales Bushmaster flatbed utility vehicle, the accelerated acquisition and successful live firing of NSM at RIMPAC, the delivery of Joint Strike Missiles for the RAAF’s F35 by next year. The discussion also reviews the opening of their Adelaide production facility, timelines for their recently announced missile manufacturing and maintenance facility in Newcastle, and the continued focus on sovereign supply and production.

David Wiseman, Vice President of Secure Communications at BlackBerry:

We discuss how BlackBerry's focus on security, mobile communications, and trust has supported its pivot from mobile devices into a backbone of secured communications used by governments, defence, and banks globally. We discuss a few of its methods and tiers of protection, the risks involved with self registered encrypted chat systems such as WhatsApp, and how its systems are used by NATO to communicate between parties. We also review how BlackBerry certifies and guarantees its secure transmission systems, and their ongoing mission to proactively respond to new and emerging cyber threats, stopping attacks before they execute with advanced AI.

Allen Dickson, Head of Sales (EMEA) at BlackBerry AtHoc:

We discuss BlackBerry's critical event management platform which provides two way communication that circumvents network compromises and retains integral metadata for reporting. The platform has extensive applications and integration opportunities to disseminate important information to the correct person in the right location at the right time. We discuss the system's ability to considerably improve critical response times from emergency and defence services and review examples of its use.

LINKS:

Kongsberg Defence Australia: www.kongsberg.com/kda/Who-we-are/australia

Kongsberg news on ADM: www.australiandefence.com.au/search?q=kongsberg

BlackBerry secure communications: www.blackberry.com/us/en/solutions/secure-communication

BlackBerry AtHoc: www.blackberry.com/us/en/products/critical-event-management

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