The Australian government aims to secure Australia’s shipbuilding capability and invest further in Western Australian defence industry through a new strategic partnership between Defence and Austal Limited at Henderson Shipyard in Fremantle, WA. Its first step towards doing so has…
Thales Australia has won the $2 billion Regional Maintenance Provider (RMP) contract for the new Regional Maintenance Centre East (RMC-E) at Defence’s Sydney based Garden Island Precinct. The contract will create up to 120 direct defence industry jobs and around…
Adelaide-based Neumann Space has signed a collaboration agreement with the French Space Agency, the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) and fellow Adelaide company REDARC Defence & Space to pursue Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI) certification of the Neumann Drive®. The Neumann Drive…
The Australian Army’s Robotic and Autonomous Systems Implementation and Coordination Office (RICO) has trialled the electric Protected Mobility Vehicle (ePMV) with a 2 Health Battalion (2HB) medical treatment team to test the viability of powering deployable medical capabilities. The trial,…
The Arafura-class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) NUSHIP Eyre has been launched at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia. NUSHIP Eyre is the second in the class of OPVs being built by Luerssen Australia under Project SEA1180, in collaboration with local defence industry partners,…
The Australian Army has conducted its first live-fire of the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS) at the Woomera test range in South Australia. The firing by the 16th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, demonstrates the modernisation of Army’s…
German company HyImpulse Technologies plans to launch its SR75 hybrid propulsion sounding rocket from Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range in the first quarter of 2024, subject to regulatory approval. The sub-orbital mission will be launched from, and touch down in,…
French prime contractor Exail, which is short-listed for the RAN’s autonomous minehunting program, Project SEA1905 Tranche 1, will open an Advanced Centre for Mine Countermeasures systems Software Integration and Simulation (ACSIS) in Adelaide if it wins the program. This will…
Sydney-based DroneShieldhas signed a collaboration agreement with Lockheed Martin Australia’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Leadership and Research Laboratory (STELaRLab) in Melbourne. As part of this collaboration, DroneCannon Mk2, DroneShield's wide area non-kinetic effector, has been integrated into Lockheed Martin Australia’s Agile Shield Program. Agile Shield has been…
Canberra-based Electro Optic Systems (EOS) unveiled its latest ground-breaking technology for countering air and seaborne threats at the Indo Pacific 2023 International Maritime Exposition. The company launched its laser Dazzler, a silent, non-ballistic countermeasure against uncrewed aerial and seaborne threats,…