Innovation and R&D have always been the essential foundations of a strong, sustainable defence industry. Australia’s 2016 Defence White Paper, Defence Industry Policy Statement (DIPS) and Defence Integrated Investment Program (DIIP) acknowledge the importance of successful Defence R&D and innovation to the nation’s defence industry and thus to Australian defence policy. The 2020 Defence Force Structure Plan reinforced these foundations.
EX2 was set up by Dr Gregor Ferguson, a defence industry and innovation analyst and consultant, to make a useful contribution in Australia’s new and welcoming defence business environment.
EX2 helps innovators in Defence, the research sector and industry, and especially SMEs, by providing news and insight about innovation in Defence and adjacent sectors such as space, aerospace and resources.
Gregor Ferguson writes, teaches, advises and runs a national program designed to encourage and reward innovators in the defence, aerospace and maritime domains in both industry and the research and academic communities.
View his bio here (PDF opens in new window).
Dr Gregor Ferguson, Ph.D, BA (Hons), MRAeS
US defence software company Anduril Industries has completed the acquisition of Indiana-based Adranos, a manufacturer of innovative solid rocket motors. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed but through this acquisition Costa mesa-based Anduril will become a merchant…
Professor Doug Hilton AO has been appointed Chief Execitive of CSIRO succeeding Dr Larry Marshall who steps down at the end of June after three terms in the job. Professor Hilton, who starts the job in September, is Director of…
The US Department of Defense (DoD) and the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) have launched the India-US Defense Acceleration Ecosystem (INDUS-X) to expand the strategic technology partnership and defence industrial cooperation between the two countries’ governments, businesses, and academic institutions.…
The Australian Government has appointed current Air Commander Australia Air Vice-Marshal Darren Goldie AM CSC the inaugural National Cyber Security Coordinator. Appointed only last year to his current post, he will commence his term as the National Cyber Security Coordinator…
Canberra-based Electro Optic Systems (EOS) has opened its new R150 Remote Weapon System (RWS) production line at its manufacturing facility in Canberra. This is the company’s response to growing international demand for lightweight systems that can be fitted to a…
The Australian Department of Defence has launched a Nuclear-Powered Submarine Propulsion Challenge in Australian high schools, providing a new generation of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students the chance to win a trip to HMAS Stirling in Western Australia to see…
Adelaide-based Daronmont Technologies Pty Ltd has confirmed that an undisclosed United States Government customer has bought its ‘Stealth’ Passive Radar system. This represents the company’s first export sale of its passive radar technology. The value of the contract has not…
The Australian government’s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) has awarded Brisbane-based EM Solutions a $150 million contract to upgrade the Royal Australian Navy’s SATCOM systems across its existing fleet under Project SEA1442 Ph.5. The contract will modernise both the…
Three influential members of the US Congress, Joe Courtney, Gregory Meeks and Ami Bera, have introduced the AUKUS Undersea Defense Act, H.R. 3939, to enable the RAN to acquire the Virginia-class submarine. This bill supports the AUKUS Trilateral Security Framework…
US Senators Jim Risch and Bill Hagerty of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have introduced the Truncating Onerous Regulations for Partners and Enhancing Deterrent Operations (TORPEDO) Act, legislation to enable operational and technology cooperation with the United Kingdom and Australia…
