UK firm BAE Systems has unveiled BlackThorn, a new generation of multi-role modular warheads designed specifically for use on autonomous platforms, one-way effectors, counter-drone systems, missiles and uncrewed ground vehicles. The BlackThorn warhead is adaptable and scalable and can be…
Defence has awarded $6.2 million to three Australian-based companies as part of the 2025 AUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge. The Challenge sought innovative technologies to support undersea communications and control of autonomous systems. BAE Systems Australia, L3Harris Integrated Mission Systems Australia…
Defence has awarded a $5.7 million Counter Uncrewed Aerial System (C-UAS) contract to Electro Optic Systems (EOS) Defence Systems to develop the R400 SLINGER CUAS capability under the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator’s (ASCA) Mission Syracuse. This contract brings total investment…
Defence has awarded three Australian companies awarded contracts to develop new undersea navigation technology and strengthened the nation’s ability to operate Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs). As part of Defence’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) Undersea Navigation Challenge, contracts worth $7.2…
Defence says it will more than double investment in C-UAS capabilities for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) with up to $7 billion now allocated under the Integrated Investment Program (IIP) over the next decade. As part of the major boost…
The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDT) program has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the capability effect of Persistent and Pervasive Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, or P2ISR. The RFP closes on Saturday 18 May and…
Defence’s Canberra-based Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) has released a Request for Information (RFI) for the ASCA Pitch Day 2026 – Resilient Command and Control (C2). ASCA Pitch Days provide industry and academia the opportunity to present their idea to…
During last year’s Australian-led EX Maritime Big Play, AUKUS military operators and technical experts tested and employed approximately 30 next-generation capabilities in a tactical setting, said Defence in a media release issued this month, working with industry in real time…
Defence’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator’s (ASCA) Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDT) program has signed 14 new contracts worth nearly $40 million to strengthen Decision Advantage capability across Defence domains including air, land, space, maritime and cyber. Decision Advantage is the…
In ‘one of the most significant reforms to defence that we have seen,’ the Australian Department of Defence will establish an all-new Defence Delivery Agency combining the functions and budgets of its principal procurement agencies, the Capability and Sustainment Group…