During the latest edition of the NIDV Exhibition Defence & Security (NEDS) exhibition Dutch defence company AEC Skyline announced it has acquired the Australian specialist information technology company S2IX including all proprietary rights to its proven secure information management, exchange and interoperability software. By acquiring S2IX, AEC Skyline will further expand its already comprehensive portfolio of C4ISR solutions while establishing S2IX International as a separate business unit, complementing the efforts of its aviation and critical data solutions divisions.
Supporting NATO’s Federated Mission Network (FMN) standards, the advanced S2IX software platform integrates natively with next generation defence capabilities and C4ISR. From the enterprise to the tactical edge, S2IX enables decision-makers, intelligence professionals, and operators to maintain decision advantage, thereby supporting the future of operations. Sharing critical information across organisational boundaries using S2IX thus allows defence partners to strengthen interoperability and focus on achieving favourable mission outcomes, as has been demonstrated during NATO’s Coalition Warrior Interoperability Exercise (CWIX) and similar innovation schemes.
“AEC Skyline already contributes to variousmajor digitisation efforts by military and public safety agencies in the Netherlands and abroad, enabling the successful conduct of true intelligence driven operations,” said Stef Have, CEO of AEC Skyline. “Bringing S2IX into AEC Skyline’s fold will make us an even stronger player in the digital interoperability field.”
Perry Smith, VP S2IX International Global: “I am excited for S2IX to join AEC Skyline because it builds naturally on the work we have already done together, especially delivering trusted, customer-focused solutions. By combining S2IX’s secure data exchange platform with AEC Skyline’s operational and ISR capabilities we can strengthen and expand what the group offers to defence and government customers. This partnership sets us up to deliver even more resilient, sovereign and impactful capabilities across Europe and beyond.”
S2IX – Driving information superiority
Aimed at ensuring a timely, reliable and secure transfer of vital data between various command and control echelons, even in denied, disrupted, intermittent and limited conditions, S2IX mission planning software enables defence forces and public safety agencies to gather and interpret data generated by various sensors, systems. Integrating with battle management systems or similar platforms, networks and infrastructure, S2IX’s versatile data management features ease planning, management and decision-making during multidomain operations anywhere in the world. Due to the software’s military grade Zero Trust architecture, these automated, deployable services come with multi-level security protection up to top secret, carefully balancing the need to know with the need to share at all layers of command and control.
About AEC Skyline
Founded in 1991, AEC Skyline is a leading provider of advanced contract air and C4ISR services and products. Serving a wide range of customers including the Netherlands MoD, the Belgian military and the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), the company offers close air support, electronic warfare, adversary air training and target towing combined with remote sensing and calibration and testing. AEC Skyline’s critical data solutions portfolio includes high-end communications and networks, data and analytics solutions while the company also offers extensive systems integration expertiseand consultancy.
