Penten Electronic Deception Technology wins AUKUS EW challenge on two continents

Australian cyber leader Penten announced today that it has successfully signed contracts with the Australian Department of Defence to deliver next-generation Electronic Deception technology.

The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator has announced the selection of partners under the inaugural AUKUS Electronic Warfare Challenge. Penten is proud to have been chosen by ASCA to collaborate with Defence through co-development workshops to develop a project execution plan, that demonstrates the delivery of a full-spectrum electronic deception solution.

Penten CEO Greg Barsby said ‘Penten’s mission is ‘to protect those who protect us.’ We achieve this through the creation and delivery of technology solutions that creates asymmetric advantage for our warfighters. Electronic Deception represents a perfect fusion of our proprietary Artificial Intelligence, RF communications and electronics engineering capability to deliver solutions that protect our combat personnel whenever they are in harm’s way.’

Dr Nathan Johnson, Penten’s Product Leader for Electronic Warfare, said “the ASCA contract award builds on several years of work and close partnerships with Defence behind the scenes. Penten’s Electronic Deception capability provides hyper-realistic emulations of a range of battlefield capabilities which can be used by military commanders to generate asymmetric effects without the need for large numbers of specialist operators. The ASCA work will extend our existing solutions to create a full-spectrum ED platform, further unlocking rapid and cost-effective deployments across modern battlefield environments.”

In a further exciting development, Penten’s Electronic Deception technology has also won the UK component of the same AUKUS challenge. The UK’s Defence and Security Accelerator has selected Penten’s long-standing partners Amiosec to deliver an electronic deception capability powered by this common technology core. Penten and Amiosec will work together to deliver these solutions using the combined engineering expertise of both organisations.