British soldiers have successfully tracked, targeted and defeated swarms of Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) in the latest trial of a new directed energy weapon developed in the UK. The RapidDestroyer was developed by a Thales UK-led consortium and uses Radio…
At almost the same time that it issued the AUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge, which focusses on undersea communications, the US Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has issued a formal solicitation to industry for what it terms a CAMP, or Combat Autonomous…
UK company BAE Systems has developed innovative new approaches in the production of energetics and propellants to strengthen artillery supply chain resilience for the UK and its allies. These developments will deliver a sixteen-fold increase in production capacity of 155mm…
Sydney based Q-CTRL, a global leader in quantum infrastructure software, has announced successful field trials of a new generation of quantum-assured navigation solutions validated to outperform comparable conventional alternatives in challenging real-world settings. This marks the first achievement of commercial…
To ensure US energy dominance, the US Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), with the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force, has named eight companies as eligible to demonstrate the ability to deliver compliant, safe, secure and…
Canadian company Kraken Robotics Inc. has received new orders totaling C$11 million ($12.6 million) for SeaPower™ pressure tolerant batteries for Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles (UUVs). This brings year-to-date new battery orders to $45 million ($51.5 million), driven predominantly by UUVs for…
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…