Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced there will be a new base built on the east coast of Australia for the RAN’s future fleet of nuclear-powered submarines. Three sites have been short-listed he said in a speech to the…
The South Australian state government has announced the establishment of a dedicated taskforce for the RAN's Nuclear-Powered Submarine Program. The South Australia Government Submarine Taskforce will support Defence's own Nuclear-Powered Submarine Taskforce to deliver an optimal pathway for the submarine program, keeping…
The Minister for Defence Industry and for Science and Technology, Melissa Price MP, announced at the 13thAustralian Space Forum on 3 March that the Australian government has awarded a $20 million Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI) Collaboration Stream grant to Adelaide-based…
Adelaide-based companies Cobham Special Mission and Acacia Systems have teamed to modify the former’s fleet of Dash-8 surveillance aircraft. Aircraft integration work commenced last month at Cobham’s aircraft maintenance hub in Adelaide. The project will see defence software and systems…
Eight leading Australian companies have formed the Australian Defence Industry Space Capability Alliance (ADISCA) to boost the country's defence industry space capability. The group includes Gilmour Space Technologies, Nova Systems, Southern Launch, DEWC Systems, Inovor Technologies, Neumann Space, REDARC Defence Systems and…
SYPAQ Systems has submitted its CorvoX Unmanned Aerial System (system as a sovereign Australian solution for Land 129 Phase 4B, which will deliver a man-portable small UAS for Army. CorvoX will provide Army commanders with the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance…
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded US engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney a contract for a ground test demonstration program for a novel architecture using a rotating engine detonation concept to be jointly executed by Pratt &…
Airbus and Europe’s Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR) have signed the Eurodrone global contract, initially for 20 Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS) and 5 years of initial in-service support, though EX2 understands the final requirement is for 60 RPASs.…
The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO), IDF and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems have completed successful live-fire tests at sea of the ‘C-Dome’ system – an advanced naval configuration of the Iron Dome defense system. The ‘C-Dome’ was operated for the…
The Australian government has announced a further $65 millions-worth of investment in Australian space technology, including a mission to put an Australian astronaut into space. It will co-invest more than $32 million in the development of up to three new…