Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0

[Pusser01]

On that point does Australia have SOSUS In its sea lanes?

The closest thing to SOSUS that is open source would be the replacement for the old UWTR which was decommissioned several years ago. L3Harris awarded $328 million underwater tracking range contract - Australian Defence Magazine

 

[Pusser01]

I’m sure quite a few state actors would love to know the answer to that question.

Unless there has been something announced publicly by defence or in parliament, anyone who knows the answer to that question would be unable to answer.

There was this published a few years ago, cheers. https://www.dst.defence.gov.au/site...s Paper - Remote Undersea Surveillance F1.pdf

 

[ADMk2]

I'm pretty sure its fully foreign owned by Singtel.

Launched by Optus / Singtel, dual operated with the mil payload provided by ADF and the civilian comms payload by Mitsubishi Electric.

 

[OldTex]

I'm pretty sure its fully foreign owned by Singtel.

The satellite is owned by Optus, which is owned by Singtel. The Defence payload is hosted on the satellite hence why its full name was Optus C1D. As SATCOM is an enabler for all ADF services perhaps further discussion on this topic should be done on the ADF thread?