Puerto Rican drone technology company Red Cat Holdings Inc has announced a new contract and order for 12 of FlightWave Edge 130 Blue medium reconnaissance system from the Royal Australian Navy. The contract was secured through Canberra-based Criterion Solutions Pty…
AUKUS partners have cooperated in the first large-scale demonstration of advanced autonomous capabilities during Exercise Autonomous Warrior 2024 in Jervis Bay, NSW. Exercise Autonomous Warrior is the first Australian-based exercise under the AUKUS Pillar II Maritime Big Play initiative -…
The Melbourne-based Australian Association for Uncrewed Systems (AAUS) and the Australian Certified UAV Operators (ACUO) will unite under a single banner to better represent and advocate for Australia’s uncrewed systems sector. AAUS will serve as the peak body for the…
Defence industry magazine ADM reports that the Australian Army’s 1st Armoured Regiment will trial a modified version of Newcastle-based 3ME’s electrically propelled Bushmaster ePMV in its new role as an experimental unit. Army unveiled the ePMV, powered by a 113-kilowatt-hour battery, at…
Melbourne-based AIM Defence has delivered two more of its Fractl high-powered counter-drone laser systems to Defence in a contract worth $4.8 million. The deal, signed at the end of August, comes less than four months after the Melbourne-based company supplied Defence…
The RAN will arm itself with Raytheon SM2 Block IIIC and SM6 missiles under a $7 billion agreement with the United States. The SM2 Block IIIC and SM6 are said by Defence to be the most advanced air and missile…
In a move designed to create the leading AUKUS cybersecurity technology firm, UK cyber company Amiosec Limited and Canberra-based Penten Pty Limited have announced they will merge. The merger is set to create a major provider of digital information security…
Canadian rocket manufacturer Reaction Dynamics will conduct the inaugural launch and flight of its RE-102 hybrid rocket engine and Aurora vehicle from Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range in South Australia in 2025. The Aurora suborbital mission will serve as the…
The Australian Government will establish a consolidated Commonwealth-owned Defence Precinct at Western Australia’s Henderson shipyard, near Fremantle, to underpin its investment in defence capabilities in the West over the next two decades and support up to 10,000 well-paid, high-skilled local…
The first seven RAN enlisted sailors have graduated from the United States Navy Nuclear Power School. The seven sailors, alongside a third group of RAN officers who also graduated, are the pioneers towards Australia establishing a sovereign conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarine…