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USAF demonstrates MUM-T with F-15 and F-16 and Kratos XQ-58A

The US Air Force says it has demonstrated a major leap in Man-Machine Teaming (MUM-T), flying Autonomous Collaborative Platforms (ACPs) alongside crewed fighter aircraft during a training event at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Pilots operating an F-16C Fighting Falcon and an F-15E Strike Eagle each controlled two Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie aircraft in an air…

US Army seeks sovereign, low-cost UASs

The US Army’s Program Executive Office Aviation, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) Project Office has released a Sources Sought Notification to identify commercially available low-cost, sovereign Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (SUAS). The Army is looking to field thousands of low-cost UAS immediately, it says. The Army seeks data on domestically produced solutions and information to support…

Adelaide-built Quantum clocks guarantee precise navigation

Optical quantum clocks developed at the University of Adelaide have been proven to out-perform GPS navigation systems by many orders of magnitude. The clocks, which were put through their paces in EX RIMPAC, were developed by a team led by the University of Adelaide’s Professor Andre Luiten, Chief Innovator and Chair of Experimental Physics at…

Lockheed Martin delivers SPY-7 radar for Japanese BMD ASEV ship

Lockheed Martin has delivered the first Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV) shipset comprised of four AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar antennas to the Japan Ministry of Defense (JMOD). All four radar antennas will undergo further testing and integration at manufacturer Lockheed Martin’s Production Test Center in Moorestown, New Jersey. The delivery was facilitated through Mitsubishi Corporation under a…

Black Hawk fleet returns to SE Queensland

South East Queensland’s Swartz Barracks at Oakey is once again home to part of the Australian Army’s Black Hawk helicopter fleet. Three of the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters have been transferred to the Army Aviation Training Centre in Oakey, near Toowoomba, establishing the Army’s second Black Hawk operating node. Locating elements of the fleet at…

ADSUN Innovation Grant: Working Under Water

The Adelaide-based Defence Innovation Network (DIN) and Melbourne-based Defence Science Institute (DSI)are calling for collaborative proposals on Working Under Water for $400,000 Innovation Grants. The proposals must be led by Australian Defence Science University Network (ADSUN) member universities across the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria and the intent of this grants…

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