The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) will trial Ocius Technology’s 6.8m, renewable-powered Bluebottle Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV). The supply ship HMNZS Aotearoa has carried the USV from Sydney to Auckland and once operational it will be able to undertake maritime tasks at sea…
The Group CEO of the biggest Australian-owned supplier of military munitions has laid out a detailed plan to mobilise the nation’s defence industrial base, emphasising “it’s time for urgency, optimism and action”. NIOA Group CEO Robert Nioa used a keynote…
The University of South Australia (UniSA) with two Adelaide-based SMEs, VPG Innovation and SMR Australia, will mature and space-qualify a new optical manufacturing process and materials for space flight applications and demonstrate it in a camera that can utilise this…
Australia will install the Northrop Grumman Deep-space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) near Exmouth, WA. The radar is expected to be operational by 2026. The decision was announced during the second AUKUS Ministers’ meeting in California. All three AUKUS partners –…
The partners in the tripartite AUKUS agreement – the USA, UK and Australia – have announced that the first maintenance to be carried out in Australia on a US Navy nuclear-powered submarine will be undertaken in the second half of…
The Australian government’s $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund can now start investing in growing Australia’s industrial capabilities, says the Department of Industry. The Minister for Industry, Ed Husic, and the Finance Minister, Katy Gallagher, have published the National Reconstruction Fund…
Defence’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) has released its first Approach to Market (ATM) for the Mission Program. Industry and research partners have been invited to respond to a Request for Proposal (RFP) to help co-design and deliver ASCA’s first…
The Australian Government plans to unlock billions of dollars in investment and cut red tape for Australia’s Defence industry and its AUKUS partners with the introduction of the proposed Defence Trade Controls Amendment Bill 2023. At the time of writing the…
Lockheed Martin Australia and Australian industry partner Av-Comm has successfully completed the installation of the inaugural satellite dish for the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) in Uralla, regional New South Wales. This marks a significant achievement for the SouthPAN project,…
BAE Systems’ Hunter-class Frigate Program has successfully completed its Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The review, which started in July, is a technical assessment that ensures the design is operationally effective and underpins the more detailed work that will now be…