EX2 for Defence Innovators https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Defence awards contracts to three Australian companies in AUKUS Pillar II Innovation Challenge Boeing validates Ghost Bat stealth performance US Navy selects HII’s ROMULUS USV for next phase of MUSV program Defence to get three Virginia-class Block IV submarines, AUKUS allies to invest in undersea capabilities Department of War awards Lockheed Martin US$58.62 billion to expand PAC-3 production Tekever AR5 to equip British Army Australia fires land-based SM-2 air defence missile Ghost Bat achieves first flights in US airspace Defence appoints AECOM to prepare Henderson Defence Precinct Saab and GA-ASI fly world’s first uncrewed AEW aircraft MQ-28 Ghost Bat to feature in EX Valiant Shield 2026 Australia and Canada sign JORN export agreement Home KBR wins DASSPO CLCM contract Boeing, Northrop Grumman demonstrate MUM-T with P-8A and MQ-4C Triton ADF and JSDF trial high energy laser Australia and UK to Cooperate on CEAFAR radar First Australian-made rocket motor makes successful test flight RAAF to acquire AIM-260 JATM JDAM LR enters initial production Defence launches the 2026 Defence Innovation, Science and Technology Strategy MILLIBEAM reveals RAKURAI C-UAS capability USAF awards CCA contracts to GA-ASI and Anduril Thales unveils next-generation Bushmaster 5.6 variant US Navy awards Castelion first order for Blackbeard hypersonic weapon HII delivers first of the newest REMUS variant DroneShield and Defenture to advance mobile C-UAS capability Lockheed Martin, GM Defense to collaborate on munitions manufacture AUKUS partners take next steps towards Submarine Rotational Force-West Defence names new Chief of Joint Capabilities ASCA awards undersea navigation contracts to three Australian companies US Navy’s autonomous MQ-25A Stingray tanker moves into LRIP DroneShield unveils first European-made C-UAS system Boeing unveils upgraded MQ-28 Ghost Bat at ILA Berlin AW Bell graduates from Lockheed Martin Australia Mentor Protégé Program US government approves US$1.98 billion sale to Kuwait Australian Army issues RFI for autonomy in littoral environments Lockheed Martin Awarded 500 kW Joint Laser Weapon System Contract Bundeswehr commissions MBDA and Rheinmetall to develop laser weapon for the German Navy Australia achieves land-based SM-2 missile defence live fire Drone launch from C-130 marks innovation milestone Defence awards C-UAS contract to EOS Lockheed Martin Australia invests $85.9 million in Williamtown Air Power Precinct UK to adopt more autonomous and robotic systems BAE Systems reveals Brontanax CCA BAE Systems unveils BlackThorn IAMD warheads UK MoD announces CCA, UAS programs Anduril reveals Thunder Gp5 tiltrotor UAS Lockheed Martin unveils MORFIUS™ X-Rotor counter-swarm C-UAS Sikorsky to integrate MATRIX™ autonomy into BETA Technologies’ MV250