The governments of Australia and the United States and Defence prime contractor Lockheed Martin havesigned a Joint Statement of Intent on co-production of guided weapons. The two governments have also opened a new joint office in Huntsville, Alabama, to enhance…
Californian company Anduril Industries has unveiled EagleEye, a modular, AI-powered family of systems that unifies command and control, digital vision, and survivability within a single, adaptive architecture and light weight Heads-Up Display (HUD). The company has partnered with commercial leaders…
Stratford-based Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has unveiled an Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) version of the venerable Black Hawk helicopter, the S-70UAS™ U-Hawk™. This is a Group 5 UAS with 25% more cargo space than a typical Black Hawk. Sikorsky…
Wilmington, Massachusetts-based Textron Systems has announced its Damocles Launched Effect (LE) system, an Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) designed to deliver a significant strategic advantage in peer warfare environments. Equipped with Textron Systems’ advanced GEN2 Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFP), the Damocles…
Californian company Anduril Industries and Raytheon, an RTX business, have successfully completed a static fire test of an advanced Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) featuring a Highly Loaded Grain (HLG) configuration. The test was conducted in partnership with Raytheon’s Advanced Technology…
The UK Royal Navy's Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Spearhead program has rapidly developed three autonomous testbed platforms, CETUS, PROTEUS, and SCYLLA, to enhance the service’s ASW capabilities. A collaboration between the Royal Navy, defence industry, and research organisations the ASW Spearhead…
The UK’s Royal Navy has issued a Request for Tenders, closing on 14 November, for a technical demonstration at sea of an attritable, Tier 2 Fixed Wing Short Take Off and Landing Autonomous Collaborative Platform (FW STOL ACP). Delivered under…
Stratford, Connecticut-based Lockheed Martin Sikorsky has unveiled its Nomad future family of autonomous Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UASs). The Nomad UAS is designed for reconnaissance, light attack, contested logistics and other missions, says Lockheed Martin Sikorsky. Less than a year ago…
Sydney based DroneShield will invest $13 million over three years to establish a new Counter-Uncrewed Aerial Systems (C-UAS) R&D facility in Adelaide, South Australia. The new site is expected to be fully up and running by March 2026 and will…
Canberra-based Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited (EOS) has been awarded a $108 million contract to supply R400 Remote Weapon Systems (RWS) for the Australian Army’s AS21 Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV). These are being acquired under Project LAND400 Phase 3.…