Session 2.7b: Product Brief - Collaborating on the Next Generation of Battlespace C4
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| Wednesday, November 19, 2025 |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Bradman Theatre |
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In an era marked by a shrinking strategic warning time for conflict and increasingly complex and deteriorating security challenges, the imperative to rapidly deliver capabilities that address evolving threats has never been more critical.
The delivery of fit-for-purpose Battlespace Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4) capabilities—ensuring assured command and control (C2) within distributed, disrupted, and potentially denied environments - requires a deliberate and focused approach to collaboration. Boeing’s Next Generation networking technology addresses several challenges of future military networks, supporting thousands of nodes, autonomous platforms, and utility from strategic to the tactical edge over any bearer.
The collaboration approach must be grounded in a culture of leadership and a shared vision prioritising the interests of Defence. The complex nature of Battlespace C4, coupled with the rapid pace of technological advancement, demands a collaborative framework that spans Defence, industry, academia, and our international partners.
An effective collaborative model fosters the integration and development of cutting-edge technologies while providing Defence with the certainty of delivery. Cultivating a capable and diverse supplier base supports frontline operational outcomes and strengthens national resilience in a critical warfighting area.
The extensive range of capabilities for Battlespace C4 demands a collaboration ecosystem encompassing threat identification, operational analysis, networking, autonomy, cyber security, hardware, software, and beyond.
We will demonstrate key technologies being developed to enable the future Battlespace C4 capability, explore key areas for collaboration, digital engineering as a collaboration enabler, address the associated challenges, and highlight the significant opportunities this ecosystem presents for both industry and government.
Speaker
Mr Rory O'Sullivan
Senior Business Development Manager – Battlespace C4 Systems
Boeing Defence Australia
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Biography
As the Senior Business Development Manager for Battlespace C4 Systems, and Capture Team Lead for the LAND4140 and SEA1442 Phase 5 programs, O'Sullivan supports the Joint Systems business unit pursuing communications and networks opportunities in the joint/land and maritime domains.
Responsibilities include understanding, aligning, and advocating customer requirements with Boeing capabilities, developing campaign strategies, and Boeing’s Long Range Business Plan.
Previously as the Wedgetail Communications Architect, O'Sullivan led engineers and technical developments for the communication and navigation subsystems for Phases 5A and 6 upgrade programs and as acting technical lead supported the SEA1000 Future Submarine ESM and Communications, AEW&C UK, RNZAF 757 SATCOM, and JP9102 proposals.
O'Sullivan was at CASG as a Senior Communications Engineer in the SEA1442 Project Office working with the RAN and Commonwealth stakeholders in the development and release of the SEA1442 Phase 4 RFT supporting in-service capabilities and upgrades on Anzac ships.
From RMIT University with a Bachelor of Communication Engineering, O'Sullivan joined BAE Systems Australia as a Graduate Communications Engineer on the Wedgetail program, moving into the maritime domain designing communications capabilities for Anzac and Canberra class ships (2009). Then as an Electrical/Avionics Engineer supported capability trials and technical investigations for Seahawk and Blackhawk helicopters.
