Boeing Defence Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], has announced the Modernised High Frequency Communications System (MHFCS) has completed testing and been introduced into service with the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Australia's Defence Materiel Organisation granted Final System Acceptance on behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia.

In a news release issued May 12, the Hon. Greg Combet, Minister of Defence Materiel and Science, said the milestone "represents a significant achievement in the modernisation of Defence's high frequency communications capability. "The purpose of the HFMod [High Frequency Modernisation] is to provide the ADF with a secure, cost-effective information exchange capability for the command and control of deployed forces as a primary survivable system and as a parallel system to satellite communications," Combet added.

Developed under Joint Project 2043, the MHFCS has been independently recognized as the world's most advanced high-frequency communications system due to its levels of automation and performance, long range and clarity, traffic volume and connection speed. Boeing plans to market the MHFCS internationally and is discussing the system with several potential customers.