The Adelaide-based Defence Trailblazer has invested some $135 million in 35 industry led projects as of the end of the first quarter of 2025, with another 19 projects in the pipeline. These projects, the Trailblazer says, will fast-track the translation…
Defence’s Science and Technology Group (DSTG) is leading sovereign quantum research to enhance secure timing technologies and provide unique operational advantage to the ADF. This ground-breaking project will enhance the ADF ability to operate in contested environments when Global Positioning…
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has announced that four US companies have been awarded contracts for Artemis, a project to operationally evaluate long range, one way platforms (and not to be confused with the NASA project of the same…
Defence has declared fully operational its state-of-the-art high performance supercomputer capability at the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) facility at Edinburgh, near Adelaide. After intensive research and project development by Defence Science and Technology Group, the supercomputer is now…
Adelaide-based BAE Systems Australia has entered into a 10-year Head Agreement with Boeing Defence Australia in Brisbane to deliver its sovereign Vehicle Management System (VMS) into the MQ-28 Ghost Bat. The MQ-28 Ghost Bat is the first Australian combat aircraft…
Boeing Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force have achieved a major milestone in the MQ-28 Ghost Bat flight test program, completing the 100th flight. Boeing Defense, Space & Security interim President and CEO Steve Parker made the announcement at the…
The first AH-64E Apache attack reconnaissance helicopter for the Australian Army has entered final assembly on the Boeing production line in Mesa, Arizona, and the first four are scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2025. Designated AT001, the…
The Vlissingen, the second of the series of Mine Countermeasures (MCM) vessels of the Belgian-Dutch rMCM program, intended for the Royal Netherlands Navy, began her first sea trials campaign from Concarneau, France, in March. The aim is to implement and…
Sydney-based DroneShield Limited has announced the release of a sophisticated online platform for building bespoke counter-drone (C-UAS) solutions for any location. Hosted in the DroneShield Access Portal, the Planning Tool provides a way for customers to visualise the different elements that…
Californian company Anduril Industries has conducted two successful live fire tests of its 21-inch hypersonic rocket motor for the US Navy's Standard Missile Program. This rapid and iterative design phase, which was completed in close collaboration with the Navy, positions…