Defence is investing an additional $262 million in a series of grant programs intended to support local industry capability uplift and develop Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine supply chain. This will be one of the greatest industrial endeavours in Australian history, says…
The three AUKUS partners, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, have signed a milestone agreement to accelerate the testing of hypersonic vehicles and related technologies. The RAAF has already confirmed that its F/A-18F Super Hornets will be armed…
AUKUS partners have cooperated in the first large-scale demonstration of advanced autonomous capabilities during Exercise Autonomous Warrior 2024 in Jervis Bay, NSW. Exercise Autonomous Warrior is the first Australian-based exercise under the AUKUS Pillar II Maritime Big Play initiative -…
In a move designed to create the leading AUKUS cybersecurity technology firm, UK cyber company Amiosec Limited and Canberra-based Penten Pty Limited have announced they will merge. The merger is set to create a major provider of digital information security…
The Australian Government will establish a consolidated Commonwealth-owned Defence Precinct at Western Australia’s Henderson shipyard, near Fremantle, to underpin its investment in defence capabilities in the West over the next two decades and support up to 10,000 well-paid, high-skilled local…
The three AUKUS partners have named eight companies as winners of the inaugural AUKUS Electronic Warfare Innovation Challenge. Some 173 qualified suppliers applied for the Challenge across all three nations Three Australian companies, Advanced Design Technology Pty Ltd, Inovor Technologies…
Canberra-based Lockheed Martin Australia and Sydney based Thales Australia have signed a Teaming Agreement to explore opportunities to advance the development and production of Solid Rocket Motors (SRM) for the Australian market. The purpose of the agreement is to collaborate,…
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded the sole-source US$200 million ($295 million) Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) Site 2 contract by the US Space Force. The second site, located in the United Kingdom, is scheduled to be operational in June…
Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have finalised the establishment of an export licence-free environment, which Defence says will unlock billions of dollars of investment and cutting red tape for Australian industry and its AUKUS partners. Delivering on…
Under the AUKUS framework Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have furthered their co-development of Resilient and Autonomous Artificial Intelligence Technology (RAAIT) by sequencing AI algorithms to support target detection and decision-making. Autonomous systems are one of the…