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Shield AI opens new Australian HQ in Port Melbourne

July 2, 2025
Gregor Ferguson
News

San Diego-based Shield AI has opened a new Australian headquarters in Port Melbourne. This expansion signals a significant investment in Australia’s defence capability and will build on collaboration between Shield AI (which bought Port Melbourne-based Sentient Vision Systems in 2024),…

Austal to undertake patrol boat autonomy trial

October 9, 2022
Gregor Ferguson
News

Perth-based Austal Australia has taken possession of a de-commissioned Armidale-class Patrol Boat (ACPB), the former HMAS Maitland, and renamed her Sentinel. The company will modify the patrol boat with autonomous and remotely piloted capability under the RAN’s Patrol Boat Autonomy Trial (PBAT).…