US defence prime contractor L3Harris Technologies has delivered the first of four MC-55A Peregrine aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The Peregrine, which marks a major milestone in strengthening Australia’s sovereign defence capability, is an airborne Intelligence, Surveillance,…
The Australian Army has tested Counter small Uncrewed Aerial System (C-sUAS) capabilities acquired under Project LAND156 at its Cultana Range urban training facility in South Australia. EX Southern Arrow 25 the Army culminated in a successful live-fire demonstration. This was…
Sydney based DroneShield has been selected for Defence’s Project LAND 156 Counter small Uncrewed Aerial System (C-sUAS) Services Line of Effort 3 Standing Offer Panel. The Panel arrangement enables Defence to procure DroneShield’s C-sUAS services through selective and limited tender…
Canberra-based Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited, EOS, has announced an agreement to acquire the UK-based MARSS group business for US$36 million ($54 million); subject to customer, regulator and other approvals the sale should be completed this year. MARSS is a…
Northrop Grumman has won a contract of undisclosed value to develop a Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) from the US Marine Corps’ Marine Air-Ground Task Force Uncrewed Expeditionary Tactical Aircraft (MUX TACAIR). This award, the company says, combines Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed…
French AI and Mine Countermeasures (MCM) specialist Exail has announced a €40 million ($70 million) order from the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA). for several hundred additional K-Ster mine neutralization vehicles. This order is part of the framework agreement…
At the end of 2025 Sydney-based DroneShield announced it had won two export contracts worth $14.4 million to deliver situational awareness and handheld counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (C-UAS) to customers in Europe and the Asia-Pacific. The European contract, worth $8.2…
Adelaide-based BAE Systems Australia has sold its stake in Perth-based aerospace company Innovaero Pty Ltd to previous owner Aerovation Pty Limited for an undisclosed sum. Innovaero says this transition to full Australian ownership marks a significant milestone in establishing a sovereign…
The US Air Force has designated the Northrop Grumman Talon Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) as the YFQ-48A. This designation conforms with the Mission Design Series (MDS) for a semi-autonomous prototype aircraft and marks a key step forward in the service’s…
Defence’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator’s (ASCA) Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDT) program has signed 14 new contracts worth nearly $40 million to strengthen Decision Advantage capability across Defence domains including air, land, space, maritime and cyber. Decision Advantage is the…