The UK Ministry of Defence will launch the first of a new constellation of satellites in a three-year, £22 million contract with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) who will design and build the satellites. Helping to improve the UK’s ability…
Defence will spend $50 million to leverage a further $200 million investment by a consortium of two universities, the CSIRO and more than 50 industry partners in the commercialisation of Australian-developed defence technology. The Defence Trailblazer: Concept to Sovereign Capability…
Minister for Defence Peter Dutton has announced the RAN’s Collins-class submarine fleet will be fitted with new optronic masts to replace its ageing optical periscope masts under a contract worth $381 million. The new masts will not require a hull…
Melbourne-based Sentient Vision Systems has signed a multi-year contract extension with US firm AeroVironment, a global leader in intelligent, multi-domain robotic systems, to provide enhanced airborne surveillance capabilities. Sentient Vision Systems’ Kestrel Moving Target Indication (MTI) system has been part…
Melbourne-based Sentient Vision Systems has launched ViDAR Land, a system which can conduct Wide Area Surveillance on land with an extremely high probability of detecting moving man-size targets. The company has done the development work under a $5 million Defence…
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre (NASA GSFC) has developed a Smallsat Reference Model for Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) using the MADe software developed by Melbourne-based PHM Technology. NASA GSFC developed the Smallsat Reference Model to increase awareness and understanding…
A team led by Queensland firm NIOA has been selected to deliver the first stage of a major weapons upgrade for the ADF under Tranche 1 of project LAND 159 Lethality System. The contract value hasn’t been disclosed. This initial…
Northrop Grumman Australia has teamed with Australian electronics engineering company IntelliDesign to design and manufacture hardware for Secure Communications Solution (SCS) devices. Northrop Grumman Australia’s sovereign SCS-200 capability provides simple, secure network access for deployed teams and individuals, supporting customers…
The Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) has called for submissions on Artificial Intelligence-enabled Autonomous Cyber Operations (ACO), offering the potential for distributed, adaptive defensive measures at machine speed and scale. The cyber domain is a particularly challenging domain for…
Sydney-based SME Cirrus Real Time Processing Systems, Australia’s leading mission training system developer, has delivered the latest variant of the RAN’s Tactical Electronic Warfare (TACEW) system. It has also won two additional RAN contracts, to support and to extend the…