Defence is accelerating production of the Ghost Shark by part-funding with Anduril Australia a manufacturing facility in Australia that will see the first production variant of the Ghost Shark Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicle (XL-AUV) available by the end of…
The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has successfully demonstrated the Lab’s new Quicksink weapon in a trial held during Ex RIMPAC 24 in Hawaii. A US Air Force B-2 bomber sank the 39,000-tone decommissioned amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa…
For the first time scientists and engineers have successfully fired Raytheon's High-Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS) from a British Army combat vehicle. The lightweight, portable high-energy laser system is the first laser weapon integrated on a land vehicle to be…
Haifa-based Elbit Systems has been awarded a contract worth approximately US$190 million ($293 million) to supply its Iron Sting laser and GPS-guided 120mm mortar munition to the Israeli Ministry of Defense. The contract will be performed over a period of…
Perth-based companies Aurora Labs Limited and Innovaero Pty Limited will collaborate to develop a 3D printed gas turbine for aerospace applications. The first use for it will be in an Innovaero Uncrewed Air System (UAS), the recently launched OWL-X. EX2…
Defence has unveiled Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS), ‘AUS 1’, the first of four to be operated by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The RPAS actually arrived in Australia in June. Revealed at RAAF Base Tindal, the…
US company L3Harris Technologies has launched its Centre of Excellence (COE) for Electronic Warfare (EW) in Brisbane. This facility will feature expertise in the design, manufacture, integration and sustainment of high-reliability EW technology critical for modern military operations, the company says.…
Three Australian innovators have been named winners of the Indian Ocean Defence & Security 2024 (IODS 2024) Innovation Awards, worth $40,000. They were among 15 finalists who each delivered a 3-minute pitch at Indian Ocean Defence & Security 2024, held…
The University of Western Australia’s ‘TeraNet’, a network of optical ground stations specialising in high-speed space communications, has successfully received laser signals from a German satellite in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). This breakthrough paves the way for a 1,000-fold increase…
The build of 18 Land Craft Medium (LCM) for the Australian Army’s new littoral fleet is being accelerated. The $2 billion program, Project LAND 8710, will also deliver heavy landing craft as well as amphibious vehicles. The first of the…