Defence has launched the 2026 Defence Innovation, Science and Technology (IS&T) Strategy, which it describes as a 10-year blueprint to accelerate the delivery of innovative solutions and new technologies for Defence and strengthen Australia’s sovereign industrial base. In a rapidly…
Sydney based startup MILLIBEAM has revealed RAKURAI, a sovereign Counter-Uncrewed Aerial System (C-UAS) built on proprietary Radio Frequency (RF) architecture that the company says is a world-first. RAKURAI has recently achieved TRL 5 in preparation for field testing. RAKURAI overcomes…
Defence awarded a $12.5 million, three year Capability Life Cycle Manager contract to Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd (KBR) for the Diving, Autonomous and Signatures System Program Office (DASSPO) portfolio. The initial three-year contract is another step forward in…
The US Department of War has awarded Lockheed Martin a seven-year Undefinitized Contract Action (UCA) modification for up to US$53.86 billion (about $77.3 billion) for PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors, supporting the Department of War's Acquisition Transformation Strategy. The award brings the total multiyear contract value to US$58.62 billion…
The UK Ministry of Defence has invested up to £400 million ($767 million) over the next ten years in the Anglo-Portuguese Tekever AR5 Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) under Project Corvus. The initial order will be for six AR5 drones, with…
The ADF has successfully trialled a ground-launched SM-2 naval air defence missile as an unexpected ‘candidate option’ for a future Medium-Range Ground-Based Air Defence (MRGBAD) system. The successful live-firing of the developmental system took place at Woomera and saw a…
British company BAE Systems has unveiled the UK's first uncrewed autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), at the Farnborough International Airshow. The first-of-class CCA, named Brontanax, is intended to provide electronic warfare and precision strike capabilities against airborne and ground targets,…
UK firm BAE Systems has unveiled BlackThorn, a new generation of multi-role modular warheads designed specifically for use on autonomous platforms, one-way effectors, counter-drone systems, missiles and uncrewed ground vehicles. The BlackThorn warhead is adaptable and scalable and can be…
The UK Ministry of Defence has announced a series of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) and Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) programs. The UK Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, Luke Pollard MP, made the announcement at the Global Air and Space…
Californian company Anduril Industries has revealed its Thunder Group 5 tiltrotor Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS). Thunder is a hybrid-powered autonomous attack rotorcraft specifically designed to multiply the combat power and increase the survivability of current and next-generation crewed attack and…