Defence has awarded Anduril Australia a $1.7 billion contract for the delivery, maintenance and continued development of the Ghost Shark Extra Large Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (XL-AUV) for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) over the next five years. An undisclosed number…
Melbourne-based Leidos Australia has commenced the Australian build of Sea Archer, a small Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV). This marks a major step forward in bringing Leidos’ proven autonomous technology and maritime systems portfolio to the Indo-Pacific region while supporting AUKUS…
Canberra-based Electro Optic Systems (EOS), which in August secured the world’s first export contract for its 100 kW-class High Energy Laser Weapon (HELW), has announced the official identity of its HELW: Apollo. The launch sale of this ITAR-free Counter Uncrewed Aerial System…
Brisbane-based Boeing Defence Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have successfully completed demonstrations proving the operational viability of the MQ-28A Ghost Bat autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). The tests were completed four and a half months ahead of…
The US Navy has awarded four companies contracts of undisclosed value to design and develop armed Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCAs). A fifth company has won a contract, also of undisclosed value, to build a common control system. No in-service date…
The Royal Navy has made a delivery of supplies between warships using a Malloy T-150 quadcopter Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) during its major 2025 Indo-Pacific mission. The UAS flew from flagship HMS Prince of Wales to destroyer HMS Dauntless during…
French firm Exail has made the launch sale of its new long-range Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV), the DriX H-9, to an undisclosed leading global hydrographic authority. This milestone marks the successful expansion of Exail’s portfolio of autonomous solutions for both…
Swedish defence prime Saab has signed a SEK 60 million ($9.75 million) contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for a Large Uncrewed Undersea Vehicle (LUUV). The goal of the project, led by FMV, is to develop a concept…
Although Leidos Australia has won the SIP role in Defence’s Project LAND156, US prime contractor L3Harris Technologies has launched its own Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (C-UAS) initiative. L3Harris says it is rapidly responding to the US Department of Defense and…
US firm BAE Systems Information and Electronic Warfare Systems has won a US$1.74 billion ($2.6 billion) contract from US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to build 55,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS) 70mm rockets. The APKWS will be…