The Australian Department of Defence has appointed Australian engineering company Aurecon as the inaugural Guided Weapons Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) Enterprise Partner. In a LinkedIn post, Damon Howes, the company’s managing director Defence and National Security said, “This partnership has been,…
Twelve Australian innovators have been shortlisted for the prestigious Land Forces 2022 Innovation Awards, worth $30,000. The Awards are sponsored this year by Australian innovation and professional services consultancy Synergy Group. Among the shortlisted contenders are a company that has…
Defence is partnering with industry and academia to establish a world-leading research facility in maritime biofilms, with a focus on innovative biofouling control solutions. The Australian Research Council (ARC) Training Centre for Biofilm Research and Innovation (BRIC) will be based…
Martin Australia’s Melbourne-based R&D team, STELaRLab, in collaboration with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the Defence Science Technology Group (DSTG), has successfully tested Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) decision support capabilities using a live, virtual, constructive (LVC)…
The launch window for the Artemis I Moon mission opens on 29 August. All being well, the SLS Block 1 rocket will blast off that day from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s launchpad 39B Cape Canaveral. This first Artemis mission will…
The Federal Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) is calling for industry and public comment before finalising an updated list of technologies considered critical to the national interest. The updated list will identify current and emerging technologies that are…
The US Government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a contract of undisclosed value to US company SpaceLink, a subsidiary of Canberra-based Electro-Optic Systems (EOS), to participate in the Space Based Adaptive Communications Node – Space (Space-BACN) program.…
The Defence Innovation Hub has awarded Adelaide-based Asension a $4.35 million contract to deliver a space-based tactical sensor system, MOESS or Miniaturised Orbital Electronic Warfare Sensor System, for use by Defence. This contract represents Phase 3 of the project and…
Lockheed Martin Australia has partnered with the University of Newcastle to deliver 10 Science and Engineering Challenge events across Newcastle, Canberra and Adelaide to boost Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) participation in urban and regional communities. The Science and…
A hypersonic missile cruise missile co-developed by Raytheon Missiles & Defense and Northrop Grumman has passed its second flight test in a row. It dropped from an aircraft and accelerated beyond Mach 5, confirming the industry team’s digital design and computer model…