San Diego-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is poised to begin the flight-testing phase on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) LongShot program. The LongShot program, begun in 2020, is DARPA’s concept for disruptive air combat operations through…
Melbourne-based Aerosonde, a Textron Systems Corporation subsidiary, has won an initial contract valued at up to US$19.5 million ($30 million) by the US Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to provide UAS operational support to two Independence-class LCS and one…
Bingen, Washington-based Insitu, A Boeing Company, has announced a munitions program for its Integrator Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) which adds a highly sought-after strike capability to the platform’s payload portfolio and class-leading 24-hour flight endurance. Insitu collaborated with multiple weapons…
US defence technology company Anduril Industries has acquired Blue Force Technologies, a North Carolina-based developer of Autonomous Air Vehicle (AAVs) with an integrated aerostructures division serving a wide range of defence and commercial customers. This purchase will expand Anduril’s existing…
The US Government’s Department of the Air Force has selected JetZero for the next phase of a Blended Wing-Body (BWB) prototype aircraft project. The effort aims to mature BWB technology and demonstrate its capabilities, giving the department and commercial industry…
The first iLAuNCH Trailblazer project is under way to establish an advanced manufacturing facility in Adselaide that will design and deliver stronger more durable satellite and hypersonic vehicle structures using Additive Manufacturing (AM). Additive manufacturing, the process of creating an…
Electro Optic Systems (EOS) has demonstrated its Australian-made Directed Energy (DE) and kinetic counter-drone capabilities in a field environment, in front of an international audience of potential export customers from Europe, the Middle East, North America, and South East Asia.…
Robots that can remotely launch missiles or rockets are a step closer after two Australian companies proved the technology with a prototype demonstration. Queensland missile and rocket developer Black Sky Aerospace (BSA) has teamed with Funnel Web Systems (FWS), an…
Seven Australian companies have been awarded grants worth a total of $3.8 million under the Defence Global Competitiveness program and the Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority program. The Australian Government grants focus on building a sovereign Defence industry, directed towards strategic…
Boeing and its Australian subsidiary Insitu Pacific has demonstrated operational applications of its autonomous search, detection and classification capabilities at EX Talisman Sabre. The pioneering technology delivers near real-time intelligence to the warfighter. It combines Boeing’s machine learning, AI and…