Two Australian innovators have been named winners of the Land Forces 2022 Innovation Awards. Their success was announced on Tuesday 4 October at the Land Forces 2022 International Land Defence Exposition in Brisbane by LTGEN (retired) Ken Gillespie, AO, AC, DSC,…
Three Australian companies have won prizes in the Land Forces 2022 Innovation Pitchfest. The even provides a platform for innovators to present new products and research projects to an international audience of potential customers, partners and investors. In 2022, the Innovation…
Hanwha Defense Australia and Hanwha Systems have signed an MoU with Australian AI company 4Zero to work on improving low-Earth orbit satellite communications. The agreement follows an already existing Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) between Hanwha Defense Australia (HDA) and Deakin…
Two Queensland companies, space and defence rocket manufacturer Black Sky Aerospace (BSA) and digital security provider de.iterate have partnered to ensure the digital security of BSA’s guided weapons development program. BSA and de.iterate will combine AS9100D (Quality Management Systems -…
Perth-based Austal Australia has taken possession of a de-commissioned Armidale-class Patrol Boat (ACPB), the former HMAS Maitland, and renamed her Sentinel. The company will modify the patrol boat with autonomous and remotely piloted capability under the RAN’s Patrol Boat Autonomy Trial (PBAT).…
Brisbane-based EPE and Adelaide-based BAE Systems Australia will collaborate on the development of autonomous technologies through BAE Systems’ Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) program, which began this year. The collaboration was announced at L:and Forces 2022. Focused on implementing BAE Systems’…
Melbourne-based APV Corporation launched the new APV FutureEdge Test and Evaluation (T&E) consortium at the Land Forces 2022 expo, offering multi-domain defence research T&E capabilities. APV FutureEdge is a consortium that brings together research and test and evaluation (T&E) capabilities…
Queensland rocket company Black Sky Aerospace (BSA) has tested a prototype missile launch pod as it forges ahead with building a sovereign Australian guided weapons capability. After testing rockets earlier in the year to start the process of integrating a…
The Australian Government has announced plans to refresh Australia’s science and research priorities and its National Science Statement. Australia’s Science and Research Priorities were last updated in 2015, while the National Science Statement was published in 2017. “Both these policy…
The Defence Innovation Hub has awarded contracts worth $27 million to ten Australian businesses, including a Tasmanian research organisation. “Investing in Australian innovation is critical to building our national defence capability,” said Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy. “The contracts being…