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Navy Information Warfare Branch's Deputy Director – Space Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Piggott, pictured in Canberra, completed a space situational awareness course in Germany late last year. Photo: Petty Officer Bradley Darvill

15 February 2022

Navy International engagement

Keeping an eye on space

Sailors have navigated by the stars since the dawn of time, but now Navy is looking skyward to understand who is observing us.

Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Piggott is the Navy Information Warfare Branch’s Deputy Director- Space based in Canberra. Photo: Petty Officer Bradley Darvill

Navy

Navy looks to the skies

Satellite technology is making communications, navigation and remote sensing for Navy warships and submarines much easier.

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