SGA14: Seventh D-VEX delivery for ADF Shadows

5th February 2014 - 14:53 GMT | by Beth Stevenson in London

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General Dynamics Mediaware has delivered the seventh man-portable digital end-to-end exploitation (D-VEX) system to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) for use with the force’s RQ-7B Shadow 200 UAV fleet.

The forward deployed 20th Surveillance and Target Acquisition (20STA) regiment of the Royal Australian Artillery, based at Gallipoli Barracks in Enoggera, Queensland, took delivery of the seventh system for Shadow data exploitation, the company announced prior to the Singapore Airshow.

The systems have been deployed with the Shadows since December 2012 ‘to enhance the distribution of actionable intelligence amongst Australian troops and coalition forces’, according to the

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