ADF and JSDF trial high energy laser
The Australian Defence Force and Japanese Self-Defense Force have successfully trialled a High Energy Laser sensor under Project Boobook at Cultana Training Area in South Australia. Project Boobook is the first co-development project between the Australian and Japanese defence industries, demonstrating deepening cooperation between our two nations, according to a media release by Defence. “Boobook…
Australia and UK to Cooperate on CEAFAR radar
Australia and the United Kingdom have signed a joint statement to deepen cooperation on the Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar capability supplied by Canberra-based Company CEA Technologies Pty Limited. The joint statement recognises the strategic importance of collaboration between both nations’ defence departments and defence industries and commits Australia and the United Kingdom to working…
First Australian-made rocket motor makes successful test flight
Defence’s Science and Technology Group (DSTG) has announced the first successful test flight of a fully Australian-designed and manufactured advanced Solid Rocket Motor (SRM). It took place at the Koonibba Test Range near Ceduna, South Australia, a commercial space port owned by Southern Launch. Propelling the Koonibba Rising Rocket (KRR), the Koonibba Rising 3.0 SRM is a 100kg-class…
RAAF to acquire AIM-260 JATM
Defence will acquire the AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM), manufactured by Lockheed Martin, at a cost of nearly $736 million. It will equip Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Super Hornets, Lightning IIs and Growlers with a new high speed, long-range air-to-air missile. Deliveries are expected to begin from next year. Australia will be the first…
JDAM LR enters initial production
The US Air Force has awarded Boeing a US$75 million ($107 million) Undefinitized Contract Action (UCA) to acquire the BSU-111/B Payload Delivery Unit (PDU) Joint Direct Attack Munition Long Range (JDAM LR), clearing the program for initial production. The JDAM LR is a jet-powered precision-strike weapon that can travel more than 300 nautical miles while…
Boeing, Northrop Grumman demonstrate MUM-T with P-8A and MQ-4C Triton
The Boeing P-8A Poseidon and Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton have executed a simulated demonstration of enhanced interoperability and Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) capabilities to execute anti-surface warfare and Intelligence, Surveillance, Targeting and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) missions, including satellite relay to reflect realistic operational communications, said Boeing in a media release. Boeing and Northrop Grumman successfully demonstrated how…
