Silentium Defence welcomes AIR6500 announcement
Adelaide, South Australia – 29th August 2023 – Silentium Defence, the leaders in passive radar have welcomed the Commonwealth’s announcement of the winning bidder for the AIR6500 Phase 1 Project. Dr James Palmer, CEO, Silentium Defence said in response to the announcement, “we would like to congratulate Lockheed Martin Australia on their success in this process and […]
Silentium delivers rapid, deployable Space ‘observatory-in-a-box’ capability
Tuesday, 25 October 2022 – Adelaide, South Australia – Silentium Defence, the global leaders in passive radar today launched a new, world-first, category defining ‘observatory-in-a-box’ capability for improved Space Domain Awareness and Space Traffic Management globally. Designed and built in Australia, the deployable observatories combine Silentium’s powerful, full-field-of-view, MAVERICK S passive radar for detection and […]
Silentium Defence Designs and Tests Australian Next-Gen Surveillance Kit for AIR6500
Adelaide, Australia, 29 June 2022 – Australian passive surveillance innovator, Silentium Defence, is currently designing and testing a range of cutting-edge technologies that can be incorporated into Lockheed Martin Australia’s future Joint Air Battle Management solution for the Royal Australian Air Force’s AIR6500 Phase 1 Project (AIR6500-1). As part of the risk reduction strategy for […]
Oculus Observatory set to disrupt space situational awareness globally
Adelaide, South Australia – 9 December 2021 – The ‘Oculus Observatory’ is a new kind of space observatory, designed, built, and managed by Silentium Defence, which delivers the widest field of view, and the most cost-effective monitoring of objects in orbit, anywhere in the world. Opened today, by Head of the Australian Space Agency, Enrico […]
Silentium Defence recognised in South Australian iAwards
We’re excited to announce that Silentium Defence has been named a South Australian iAward Merit recipient in the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) ‘Public Sector & Government’ category and ‘Startup of the Year’ category. The AIIA is Australia’s peak representative body and advocacy group for those in the digital ecosystem and the national iAwards program […]
To infinity and beyond – SD showcases MAVERICK S-series at Spacefest 2019
SpaceFest 2019 marked the biggest system deployment yet for our MAVERICK S-series passive radar with a 64-channel SSA-sensor demonstration. We deployed the system on the Woomera Test Range in remote South Australia as part of the RAAF’s Spacefest 2019 – a joint demonstration managed by Defence Science and Technology Group designed to assess the current […]
SD at International Radar Conference
The who’s who of international radar researchers and developers descended on Brisbane in August for the annual ‘International Radar Conference’. Silentium Defence had a strong presence both in the speaker line-up and on the exhibition floor where interest was high in the prospect of joining the fast-growing start-up – offering opportunity to help shape the […]
SD wins $1.5 million in Defence Innovation Hub contracts
Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, announced today that Silentium Defence Pty Ltd has been awarded two Defence Innovation Hub contracts. Making the announcement at the opening of Silentium Defence’s new facility in Parafield, South Australia, Minister Pyne said he was pleased to award the contracts. “The Government is investing more than $1.6 billion […]