The US Department of Defense (DoD) and the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) have launched the India-US Defense Acceleration Ecosystem (INDUS-X) to expand the strategic technology partnership and defence industrial cooperation between the two countries’ governments, businesses, and academic institutions.…
The Australian Government has appointed current Air Commander Australia Air Vice-Marshal Darren Goldie AM CSC the inaugural National Cyber Security Coordinator. Appointed only last year to his current post, he will commence his term as the National Cyber Security Coordinator…
Canberra-based Electro Optic Systems (EOS) has opened its new R150 Remote Weapon System (RWS) production line at its manufacturing facility in Canberra. This is the company’s response to growing international demand for lightweight systems that can be fitted to a…
The Australian Department of Defence has launched a Nuclear-Powered Submarine Propulsion Challenge in Australian high schools, providing a new generation of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students the chance to win a trip to HMAS Stirling in Western Australia to see…
Adelaide-based Daronmont Technologies Pty Ltd has confirmed that an undisclosed United States Government customer has bought its ‘Stealth’ Passive Radar system. This represents the company’s first export sale of its passive radar technology. The value of the contract has not…
The Australian government’s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) has awarded Brisbane-based EM Solutions a $150 million contract to upgrade the Royal Australian Navy’s SATCOM systems across its existing fleet under Project SEA1442 Ph.5. The contract will modernise both the…
Three influential members of the US Congress, Joe Courtney, Gregory Meeks and Ami Bera, have introduced the AUKUS Undersea Defense Act, H.R. 3939, to enable the RAN to acquire the Virginia-class submarine. This bill supports the AUKUS Trilateral Security Framework…
US Senators Jim Risch and Bill Hagerty of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have introduced the Truncating Onerous Regulations for Partners and Enhancing Deterrent Operations (TORPEDO) Act, legislation to enable operational and technology cooperation with the United Kingdom and Australia…
A Thales-supplied Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) has taken a significant step towards autonomous mine-hunting operations during trials in the UK. The USV, Royal Navy Motor Boat (RNMB) Apollo, completed a demanding series of Royal Navy and industry open water assurance…
Sydney-based DroneShield and Los Angeles-based Epirus, Inc have completed integration of DroneShield’s multi-sensor DroneSentry system with Epirus’ Leonidas High-Power Microwave (HPM) counter-electronics/counter-UAS effector. The integration of these two systems allows for a fully integrated C-UAS system that can track multiple threats and…