The Sydney-based University of New South Wales (UNSW) has opened its Nuclear Innovation Centre (UNIC) to advance Australia’s nuclear science industry. The Centre is underpinned by a $7.5 million donation from the Sir William Tyree Foundation, which will fund a…
The 2024 edition of ADSTAR, the Australian Defence Science, Technology and Research Summit, will be held at the National Convention Centre in Canberra on 17-19 Seotember. ADSTAR 24 builds on the success of the inaugural ADSTAR which was held in…
The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (UK MoD) will invest £4.5 billion ($8.67 billion) over the next decade in uncrewed systems for all three services under the UK Defence Drone Strategy which was launched on 22 February. The UK Defence…
Canberra-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) company Trellis Data is expanding into Adelaide, South Australia. This expansion follows the company's recent opening of an office in Washington DC and marks a significant milestone in its strategy to deliver…
Defence’s announcement that it would acquire six Large Optionally Crewed Surface Vessels (LOSV) took many observers, including this one, by surprise. Digging into the program, however, this is a more logical move than it may at first seem. First of…
The announcement that the RAN’s fleet of surface combatants would more than double is welcome; even more so is the news that the Australian defence budget will be increased to pay for them. It is gratifying that EX2 managed to…
The UK and Latvia will jointly lead a capability coalition, which will see thousands of drones supplied to Ukraine, including first-person view (FPV) drones, which have proven highly effective on the battlefield. As part of the coalition, the UK will…
The Royal Australian Navy will more than double the size of its surface combatant feet under plans released by the Australian government. The expanded fleet of more than 26 ships will also be more lethal than the RAN’s current fleet…
The Australian Government’s blueprint for the RAN’s expanded, more lethal surface combatant fleet is intended to support a sovereign continuous naval shipbuilding program and deliver direct investment in a capable, resilient and competitive defence industrial base, Defence says. An updated…
The US Department of Defense has launched five missile tracking satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The satellites, designed and built by L3Harris Technologies, form part of the US Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor…