Defence has announced a $310 million payment for the acquisition of long‑lead items from the United Kingdom for the reactors to be used in the RAN’s first two nuclear‑powered SSN-AUKUS submarines. The submarines themselves will be built at Osborne in…
The defence industry ministers of Australia and the UK, Pat Conroy and Luke Pollard, have agreed that Australia will host British engineers and scientists at Woomera to watch ongoing trials of the MQ-28A Ghost Bat Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) and…
The Royal Navy’s nuclear-powered attack submarine HMS Anson has arrived at HMAS Stirling's Fleet Base West for the first‑ever maintenance activity on a UK nuclear‑powered submarine in Australia. This marks a historic step in Australia’s readiness to operate and maintain conventionally‑armed, nuclear‑powered…
The federal government will invest $3.9 billion as a down payment to deliver the new Nuclear-Powered Submarine Construction Yard (NPSCY) in Osborne, SA. In a media release on 15 February Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas…
Defence has awarded more than $17 million to 44 Australian businesses in the latest rounds of the Defence Industry Development Grants (DIDG) program. The DIDG program continues to provide matching grants of up to 50 per cent to eligible Australian…
BlueForge Alliance Australia (BFAA) and Adelaide-based Flinders University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on maritime research and education programs in support of AUKUS, the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.…
Four Australian‑developed quantum technology clocks have been successfully trialled in the United States, as part of Defence’s $2.7 million investment towards these AUKUS Pillar Two capabilities. Held over a six-week period in Washington D.C., the trials saw Adelaide‑based QuantX Labs and the University…
Defence has invested $19 million in the Australian Submarine Supplier Qualification (AUSSQ) Pilot. Defence awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Australia an initial $9.6 million contract to deliver the pilot phase of the AUSSQ program in March 2025, and has invested…
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and President of the United States Donald Trump have signed a landmark bilateral framework on critical minerals and rare earths at the White House in Washington DC. These commodities are essential for defence and other…
The UK Royal Navy's Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Spearhead program has rapidly developed three autonomous testbed platforms, CETUS, PROTEUS, and SCYLLA, to enhance the service’s ASW capabilities. A collaboration between the Royal Navy, defence industry, and research organisations the ASW Spearhead…