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Rohde & Schwarz raises the bar on delivery of NAVICS to RAN

Delivery of first Enhanced Cape Class Patrol Boat (ECCPB) to the Royal Australian Navy by Austal marks important achievement for communication systems integrator Rohde & Schwarz Australia .

Naval News Staff 23 Mar 2022

Rohde & Schwarz press release

With the formal handover today of the vessel ADV Cape Otway to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Managing Director Rohde & Schwarz Australia Gareth Evans congratulated both Austal and the Rohde & Schwarz team for exceptional performance in the delivery of the company’s Naval Integrated Communications System (NAVICS).

“It’s a great day for Austal and the Navy, but also for Rohde & Schwarz Australia, which as Communication Systems Integrator (CSI) has achieved a number of record milestones that have significantly contributed to this day becoming a reality. Within just five months of contract execution, we completed the design of our customized NAVICS internal and external communications solution for the Cape class.”


Gareth Evans, Managing Director Rohde & Schwarz Australia 

In an extraordinary feat, both Factory and Harbor Acceptance Testing were successfully completed within 11 months and 17 months respectively of contract award. This is an outstanding achievement by any measure and most certainly in the Australian context, “and I’m extremely proud of the effort of the R& S Australia team and their counterparts at Austal,” Mr. Evans continued. “In addition, the system they’ve integrated into Cape Otway is the first Multi-Level Security (MLS) NAVICS system to have completed this level of operational preparedness anywhere in the world.”

Rohde & Schwarz raises the bar on delivery of NAVICS to RAN
Rendering of Cape-class patrol boat (Australian National Audit Office)

Rohde & Schwarz Australia Head of Maritime Domain Kieran McLaughlin said the company leveraged experience gained from integration of NAVICS into the Type 26 frigate now being delivered into service with the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy.

“Rohde & Schwarz have now provided more than 40 navies with our scalable, modular, and customizable solutions,” Mr. McLaughlin said. “NAVICS MLS will revolutionize onboard communications for the RAN, implementing the most modern IP-based MLS architecture for naval vessels.”

“Austal undertook an extensive scoping activity to identify a capable partner in Australia to develop the latest generation communications systems for the Evolved Cape Class project. Rohde & Schwarz Australia were successful in winning this package of work, and we are now very pleased with the results as proven on the first of class vessel. To make this project a success, Rohde & Schwarz Australia successfully transferred technology from its international counterparts to establish an Australian capability.”


Ben Wardle, General Manager of Australian Shipbuilding at Austal

Editor’s note: NAVICS MLS uses state-of-the-art VoIP and Ethernet standards. Following market tendencies, R & S has decided to abandon outdated TDM technology, which required heavy proprietary hardware. Instead, NAVICS MLS relies on widely spread industry standards and commercial-of-the-shelf hardware, thus eliminating the risk of expensive obsolete equipment. A multilevel security architecture allows secure, trusted and tamper-proof communications between multiple domains with different security classifications.

Austal Ltd is building a total of six ECCPBs for the RAN.

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Cape-class Rohde & Schwarz Royal Australian Navy 2022-03-23
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