The 2025 Avalon Airshow was the perfect stage for Honeywell to showcase its aerospace capabilities. The widely diversified company builds everything from mission-critical manned spaceship components to electric timers for central heating systems and announced in February of this year…
The Australian Government has released Australia’s AUKUS Submarine Industry Strategy, providing greater clarity to industry to grow and enter AUKUS supply chains. The Strategy outlines the prioritisation framework that will give businesses in Australia the confidence to invest in their…
The Brisbane-based Queensland Defence Science Alliance (QDSA) has awarded five 2024 QDSA Collaborative Research Grants (CRG) to teams from Queensland and the Northern Territory. The NT’s Charles Darwin University joined QDSA in July 2024. The five winning projects, between QDSA…
The Australian Army controversially cut short the careers of its MRH90 helicopters and is replacing them with 40 UH-60M Black Hawks. The Royal Australian Navy already has 23 MH-60R Seahawk helicopters, with another 13 coming. Significantly, both aircraft are pretty…
The drone threat facing modern defence forces won’t ever go away. The Australian Defence Force is preparing to meet this threat through Project LAND156 and Sydney-based DroneShield, which claims to be the best counter-drone company in the world, is preparing…
The Australian Department of Defence has unveiled its blueprint to rapidly deliver missile manufacturing in Australia and accelerate the acquisition of long‑range strike over the next decade. It has also committed to local manufacture of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket…
Puerto Rican drone technology company Red Cat Holdings Inc has announced a new contract and order for 12 of FlightWave Edge 130 Blue medium reconnaissance system from the Royal Australian Navy. The contract was secured through Canberra-based Criterion Solutions Pty…
Queensland Based Sea Transport Group’s sister company Sealease Pty Ltd has signed a 3-year charter for a 73m version of their proven and mature Stern Landing Vessel (SLV) designs, supporting the United States Marine Corps (USMC) for a 3 year…
Toulouse-based Airbus has finalised the acquisition of Bingen, Washington-based Uncrewed Air System (UAS) manufacturer Aerovel and its Flexrotor UAS in a move to strengthen its portfolio of tactical unmanned solutions. Flexrotor is a small tactical UAS designed for Intelligence, Surveillance,…
Perth-based Austal Australia has completed the first phase of the collaborative Patrol Boat Autonomy Trial (PBAT), the Sea Acceptance Trials (including Endurance Trials) of the remote and autonomously operated vessel, Sentinel. The trials, conducted by Austal Australia, consisted of a…