Californian company Anduril Industries and Raytheon, an RTX business, have successfully completed a static fire test of an advanced Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) featuring a Highly Loaded Grain (HLG) configuration. The test was conducted in partnership with Raytheon’s Advanced Technology…
The UK Royal Navy's Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Spearhead program has rapidly developed three autonomous testbed platforms, CETUS, PROTEUS, and SCYLLA, to enhance the service’s ASW capabilities. A collaboration between the Royal Navy, defence industry, and research organisations the ASW Spearhead…
The UK’s Royal Navy has issued a Request for Tenders, closing on 14 November, for a technical demonstration at sea of an attritable, Tier 2 Fixed Wing Short Take Off and Landing Autonomous Collaborative Platform (FW STOL ACP). Delivered under…
Stratford, Connecticut-based Lockheed Martin Sikorsky has unveiled its Nomad future family of autonomous Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UASs). The Nomad UAS is designed for reconnaissance, light attack, contested logistics and other missions, says Lockheed Martin Sikorsky. Less than a year ago…
Sydney based DroneShield will invest $13 million over three years to establish a new Counter-Uncrewed Aerial Systems (C-UAS) R&D facility in Adelaide, South Australia. The new site is expected to be fully up and running by March 2026 and will…
Canberra-based Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited (EOS) has been awarded a $108 million contract to supply R400 Remote Weapon Systems (RWS) for the Australian Army’s AS21 Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV). These are being acquired under Project LAND400 Phase 3.…
The Royal Australian Navy has demonstrated its new Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS), the Insitu Australia RQ-21 Integrator. Operated by 822X Squadron at RANAS Nowra south of Sydney, the Integrator is a fixed-wing UAS with an endurance of up to 16…
Defence has awarded US-headquartered engineering company KBR up to $133.6 million over five years to support Defence’s Air and Space Operations – Command and Control System (ASO-C2CS). The sustainment contract with KBR’s Adelaide-based subsidiary will deliver critical integration enhancements to…
Japanese company Astroscale Holdings Inc, which specialises in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, has signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Australian company High Earth Orbit Robotics Pty Ltd (HEO), a market leader in non-Earth…
Defence’s Science and Technology Group (DSTG) has awarded the 2025 Department of Defence Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia to two scientists who have developed a radiation-shielded chip. DSTG project lead Dr Kamal Gupta and Macquarie University scientist…