Adelaide-based Shoal Group has signed a multi-year strategic partnership agreement with Airbus for DSTG Resilient Multi-mission Space (RMS) STaR Shot program. Shoal’s expertise in enabling solutions through digital engineering of complex space projects will support the design, manufacture, launch and operation…
The recipients of the inaugural More, Together awards for excellence were announced at the Australian Defence Science, Technology and Research Summit (ADSTAR) in Sydney. These awards celebrate the achievements of organisations, teams and individuals who consistently collaborate, innovate and contribute…
Boeing and the U.S. Navy have completed a series of Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) flight tests in which a Block III F/A-18 Super Hornet successfully demonstrated command and control of three unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of undisclosed type. Boeing system engineers…
Dragonfire, the UK’s Laser Directed Energy Weapon Programme (LDEW) led by MBDA, has begun a series of trials to prove the accuracy and power of the novel laser weapon. The first of these trials recently conducted at low power by…
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has held the inaugural Space Policy Dialogue between Australia and the Republic of Korea. The department’s Ciara Spencer, first assistant secretary for the Security Division, met with Korea’s director-general of Non-proliferation and Nuclear Affairs…
Raytheon Australia will provide the Army’s Force level Electronic Warfare System (FLEWS) under Project LAND 555 Ph.6, valued at some $75 million. Under this project the FLEWS will be installed in modified Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles (PMV), said Minister for…
The US Air Force has conducted another successful flight test of a hypersonic AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon Booster off the Southern California coast, July 12. The Test was the 12th flight for the program and third release demonstration. The system…
Rocket Lab USA, Inc has successfully launched the first of two responsive space missions for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from Pad A at its Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. Developed in partnership with the Australian Department of Defence,…
Canberra-based Electro Optic Systems has announced a change of leadership, with the company’s co-founder and long-time Group CEO, Dr Ben Greene, stepping down from his current position and moving into the newly created role of Head of Innovation. That role…
