California-based Anduril Industries has named Columbus, Ohio, as the location of Arsenal-1, its first hyperscale manufacturing facility. Construction will begin shortly and the first manufacturing operations will take place in 2026. The foundation of Arsenal-1 is Arsenal OS, an integrated…
Californian company Anduril Industries has been awarded US$14.3 million ($23 million) by the US Department of Defense under Title III of the Defense Production Act (DPA) to expand the United States’ Solid Rocket Motors (SRM) industrial base. Strained munitions production…
Thales Australia will build more than 40 Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles – Medium (PMV-M) in Bendigo, under a contract worth more than $100 million. These additional Bushmasters will be used by the Army’s second long-range fires regiment, 15 Regiment, to…
The RAAF has received the last nine of 72 F-35A Lightning IIs currently ordered. These aircraft, built as part of Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot 15, were also the first in the RAAF fleet to be built with Technology Refresh…
US Company Lockheed Martin has delivered the first AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar antenna for an Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV) to the Japan Ministry of Defense for Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD). The delivery was made through Mitsubishi Corporation under a Direct Commercial…
Adelaide-based Saab Australia and Brisbane-based SRC Aus Pty Limited have joined the Boeing Defence Australia/RAAF MQ-28A Ghost Bat program. Saab Australia will be providing its TactiCall Communications Solution which includes user terminals, radio infrastructure and avionics equipment. The Solution integrates all…
On what amounts to the final working day before Christmas, Defence has released its 2024 Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment Plan and reaffirmed its commitment to continuous naval shipbuilding in Australia. The Plan outlines the Government’s planned investment of up to $159 billion…
The Australian Submarine Agency (ASA), BAE Systems Australia Ltd and ASC Pty Ltd have signed a Tasking Statement, a contractual agreement that supports the joint development of an SSN AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine build strategy, supply chain management plans and a…
Defence has confirmed it will select from two contenders to equip the Australian Army with a land-based maritime strike capability under Project LAND8113 Ph.2. It has said this will result in the Army fielding a second long-range fires regiment. Defence…
The Australian Space Agency has selected the ELO2 consortium, led by Brisbane-based autonomy expert EPE, to build Australia’s first lunar rover in a $42 million program. NASA has contracted the Australian Space Agency to develop and deliver an Australian-made, semi-autonomous…