• A Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) transmitter site at sunset, Harts Range, Alice Springs. Credit: Defence
    A Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) transmitter site at sunset, Harts Range, Alice Springs. Credit: Defence
  • Credit: Lockheed Martin Australia
    Credit: Lockheed Martin Australia
  • Coorong aims to give JORN greater detection capability of small, fast moving targets at night. Credit: Lockheed Martin
    Coorong aims to give JORN greater detection capability of small, fast moving targets at night. Credit: Lockheed Martin
  • The future of JORN is being assured under a series of rolling upgrades. Credit: Defence
    The future of JORN is being assured under a series of rolling upgrades. Credit: Defence
  • Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) Project transmitter site. Adelaide University aims to upgrade the overall performance of the JORN through a performance upgrade of its essential sub-systems. Credit: Defence
    Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) Project transmitter site. Adelaide University aims to upgrade the overall performance of the JORN through a performance upgrade of its essential sub-systems. Credit: Defence
  • Jorn Project transmitter site. [Photo:Defence]
    Jorn Project transmitter site. [Photo:Defence]
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$1b contract inked for JORN upgrades under JP 2025 Phase 6

5 March 2018
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The preferred tenderer for the $1 billion Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) upgrades under JP 2025 Phase 6 has been officially confirmed.

BAE Systems will deliver significant upgrades to the JORN Over The Horizon Radar (OTHR) which consists of a network of three radar sites located at Longreach, QLD, Laverton, WA, and Alice Springs, NT, and is operated by 1 Radar Surveillance Unit (1RSU) located at RAAF Edinburgh, SA.

“As a world leader in High Frequency radar technology, we are proud to have been selected to deliver an important upgrade to Australia’s most complex and critical Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance capability, BAE Systems Australia CEO Gabby Costigan said.

BAE Systems has worked closely with the DST Group in the development of the technology that underpins JORN, and in securing an export market for High Frequency radar. BAE Systems has been exporting its world leading High Frequency systems technology for the past ten years and will work closely with DST Group and the Commonwealth to further grow the potential of this important export industry.

As announced last year, BAE Systems will deliver the JORN upgrade together with leading defence systems integrator Raytheon Australia, South Australian SME Daronmont Technologies and infrastructure specialist RCR Property Services.

JORN achieved Final Operational Capability in 2014 under Project JP 2025 Phase 5. The enhancements to JORN under that phase provided greater integration and connectivity between the JORN radar sites, its control systems and wider Defence command and surveillance networks.

BAE Systems’ Joint Open Innovation Network (JOIN) will also focus on activities to support the upgrade of JORN and the development of future JORN and intelligence surveillance reconnaissance capability.

 

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