The Australian Army’s newly-designated innovation and experimentation unit, the 1st Armoured Regiment, has taken part in the US Army’s classified Project Convergence Capstone 5 (PCC5) alongside part of the British Army’s Robotics and Autonomous Battle Group. The exercise, in a…
Adelaide-based KBR Australia has been awarded a contract of undisclosed value to continue supporting the MQ-4C Triton autonomous aircraft with critical mission planning capabilities until November this year. KBR mission planning specialists support the MQ-4C Triton aircraft at RAAF Base Tindal…
San Diego-based Shield AI has delivered its first ViDAR (Visual Detection and Ranging) sensor payloads to NAVAIR’s Program Office for the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (PMA-263). The sensors and their AI-enabled software, which are designed…
Canberra-based QinetiQ Australia has achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first Australian defence and security company to hold both Defence Aviation Safety Regulations (DASR) Subpart 21J Military Design Organisation, and Subpart 21G Military Production Organisation approvals for all Australian Defence…
Diversified US industrial giant Honeywell has been awarded a contract of undisclosed value by the BlueForge Alliance to deliver the AUKUS Submarine Industrial Base (SIB) pilot program in Australia. For this program Honeywell says it will establish an enhanced security…
Geelong-based Hanwha Defence Australia (HDA), Visionary Machines, an Australian SME leader in high-fidelity passive 3D spatial sensing, and Hanwha Systems Corporation have signed an MoU to explore collaborative development opportunities. The MoU was signed at the Avalon Air Show in…
Sydney based Thales Australia has integrated Dedrone by Axon into its Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle (PMV), adding a Counter-Uncrewed Aerial System (C-UAS) capability to the evolving Bushmaster design. Successful testing was completed near Thales Australia’s Bendigo facility, where the Bushmaster…
The three AUKUS partners have released the trilateral AUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge 2025. The AUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge 2025 seeks innovative solutions from industry and research institutions around the world to provide capability with a focus on undersea communications and…
The Australian government handed down its budget for 2025-26 on the evening of 25 March and then almost immediately called a General Election which will be held on 3 May. Until then, the government is in ‘caretaker’ mode so is…
The Australian Army has taken delivery of its first two of a planned 42 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HiMARS) launcher vehicles, less than two years after the purchase was announced. Defence will spend $1.6 billion to equip the Army’s…