The Royal Aeronautical Society – Australian Division will hold its inaugural Aerospace Industry Symposium – Celebrating Aerospace Downunder in Canberra on 11 October. The event will be held at the Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra, and will be followed…
Sydney-based DroneShield has been assigned NATO Stock Numbers (NSNs) for four of its products: RfPatrol Mk2, DroneGun Mk3, DroneGun Mk4, and DroneSentry-X. This follows up on the assignment in 2019 of NSN for DroneGun Tactical. That NSN significantly contributed towards…
The Australian government and its academic and industry partners have officially launched the iLAuNCH space Trailblazer at the University of South Queensland in Toowoomba. The Innovative Launch, Automation, Novel Materials, Communications and Hypersonics (iLAuNCH) Trailblazer has the University of Southern…
Would the Royal Australian Navy be better off with a bigger fleet of smaller, missile-armed warships? Interesting question. We’ll know the Navy’s own answer to that question in September when the result of a ‘short and sharp’ review of the…
Anduril has launched an extension of its AI-powered Lattice OS which is designed to enable a single operator to manage multiple autonomous systems. And despite the new system, Lattice for Mission Autonomy, only making its public debut at a defence…
Sydney-based Quickstep Holdings Ltd has signed a $2.34 million follow-on contract with fellow Sydney company Carbonix for the production and supply of 40 composite airframe shipsets for their latest long-range Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS). This will allow Carbonix to fulfil…
Sydney-based DroneShield has released DroneGun Mk4, following extensive development work in response to end-user feedback. The product is available for purchase by qualified end-users. DroneGun Mk4 is a portable pistol-shaped drone jammer, weighing 3.2kg. The Company believes this product has…
Intellectual Property, or IP, is an important part of Defence’s capability advantage. Last week’s AUKUS announcement about Australia’s way forward on nuclear-powered submarines, and forthcoming announcements about the Defence Strategic Review and joint R&D and acquisition of advanced capabilities in…
Twelve Australian innovators have been shortlisted for the prestigious AVALON 2023 Innovation Awards. And in their tenth anniversary year, the cash prizes for two of the Awards have been more than doubled, to $50,000 each. The Awards are sponsored this…
New York-based L3Harris Technologies will acquire Los Angeles-based space propulsion specialist Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc for US$4.7 billion. This marks L3Harris’ second acquisition announcement of 2022, demonstrating its continued focus on delivering critical capabilities to warfighters while strengthening the nation’s…