Canberra-based Northrop Grumman Australia has raised its hand as a potential manufacturer in Australia of Solid Rocket Motors (SRMs) for the guided weapons Australia plans to manufacture in-country. The company is vying with several competitors to establish an Australian Rocket…
French autonomy and navigation company Exail has secured a new contract with an undisclosed US-based global defence player. The agreement involves the delivery of 100 Phins Compact Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) to equip Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs). Offering highly precise…
Defence has announced the test firing of a Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) in Australia at the Mt Bundey Training Area in the Northern Territory. PrSM is a next generation long-range missile manufactured by Lockheed Martin and has a maximum range…
In 2015 Lockheed Martin realised it need to more broadly engage international R&D opportunities. So it looked around the world for the site of its first non-US R&D centre and found it in Melbourne. Originally named the Lockheed Martin STELaRLab,…
The UK Ministry of Defence (UK MoD) has conducted the UK’s largest-ever multi-domain AI trial, bringing together land, sea and air equipment. The trial provided valuable data to develop and validate AI algorithms, says the Department, and strengthens the UK’s position…
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…