Australian batteries to be used in AUKUS Subs
Adelaide-based submarine battery manufacturer PMB Defence is partnering with BAE Systems in the United Kingdom to enable the potential integration of its advanced nickel-zinc battery system into the design of the future conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered SSN-AUKUS submarines. PMB will also supply battery technology for other Royal Navy submarines, according to a Defence statement. PMB produces the…
Australian quantum clocks successfully trialled under AUKUS Pillar II
Four Australian‑developed quantum technology clocks have been successfully trialled in the United States, as part of Defence’s $2.7 million investment towards these AUKUS Pillar Two capabilities. Held over a six-week period in Washington D.C., the trials saw Adelaide‑based QuantX Labs and the University of Adelaide each contribute two quantum clocks, which were tested by AUKUS partners under various environmental…
HII and Incat Crowther announce new boat design
Newport, Virginia-based Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has announced a new 190-foot autonomous boat, the Romulus 190, that is designed by Sydney-based Incat-Crowther. The new Romulus design is part-built already and will be operational in 2026, says HII’s Duane Fotheringham. It is being built in a boatyard that HII bought especially for this project, Breaux Bothers…
Leidos to build Sea Archer USV in Australia
US company Leidos will manufacture its aluminium, 37-foot (about 11.3m) Sea Archer Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) in Australia. The first of class is currently under construction in the US but the second will be built in Toronto on the mid-north coast of New South Wales by small boatyard Oceans Rivers Lakes. Harbour acceptance trials of…
Raytheon awarded $277 million contract to continue managing Collins-class combat system Can
Canberra-based Raytheon Australia has been awarded a $277 million contract extension to continue managing the Ryal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) Collins-class combat system. This extension allows Raytheon Australia’s local team and local and international partners such as General Dynamics Mission Systems to continue delivering combat system capabilities for the RAN; it also supports a training pipeline…
Anduril’s YFQ-44A makes its maiden flight and begins CCA flight testing
The US Air Force has begun flight testing Californian company Anduril Industries’ YFQ-44A Fury Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). The company says the YFQ-44A is designed to gain and maintain air superiority in highly contested environments through a focus on autonomy and affordable mass, which it describes as a paradigm shift in how the United States…
