Parallax Labs

The unveiling ceremony was attended by Minister for Defence Industry and Minister for Science and Technology Melissa Price, and Deputy Secretary of the Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group, Tony Fraser AO, CSC, among other senior defence industry representatives. The new facility has been set up to house distributed systems and software development, an integration and test environment, and mission visualisation and demonstration capabilities. The fully immersive and interactive operations room-style environment features large-area displays and reconfigurable technologies, expected to enable stakeholders to envision and test new technology and solutions approaches. According to the prime, Parallax Labs can be scaled through the cloud to incorporate new capabilities and locations in Australia and abroad. “We are committed to developing and investing in sovereign Australian capability,” Christine Zeitz, general manager Asia Pacific, Northrop Grumman said. “Parallax Labs represents a critical component of how Northrop Grumman Australia can support projects with complex system architectures and highly-integrated technologies. “Importantly, it also serves to facilitate the transfer of technology and the development of Australian critical technology skills that will benefit Australia’s defence industry now and into the future.” The opening of Parallax Labs comes just a week after the prime launched its bid for he Commonwealth government’s JP 9102 project through he establishment of industry partnerships with global defence contractor L3Harris Technologies and UK-based SATCOM company Inmarsat. The prime is competing against a host of other major contractors to deliver next-generation SATCOM capability to the ADF, including Airbus, Boeing Defence Australia (BDA), Lockheed Martin Australia, and telecommunications giant Optus.