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…
US defence giant Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) and UK defence contractor Babcock have formed a new joint venture, H&B Defence headquartered in Canberra to accelerate the development of critical sovereign Australian capability for the AUKUS conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarine program.…
Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have released proposed changes to national exemptions to remove export controls between AUKUS partners. These changes are designed to enable defence industry across all three countries to work more seamlessly in a…
The US Department of Commerce has announced that Australia and the United Kingdom are being provided with a national exemption from the Export Administration Regulations. This will come into effect in September 2024 and reduce the burden associated with US export…
The three members of the tripartite AUKUS partnership, the US, UK and Australia, are considering cooperation with Japan on advanced capabilities projects. The AUKUS agreement explicitly allows such cooperation. An aim of AUKUS is identifying the optimal pathway for Australia…
The Australian Parliament has passed the Defence Trade Controls Amendment Act 2024 (DTC Act) in a bipartisan move that is designed strengthen Australia’s national security and support local industry by unlocking defence trade, innovation and collaboration with Australia’s two AUKUS partners.…
The three AUKUS partners, Australia, the UK and USA, have jointly launched the AUKUS Electronic Warfare Innovation Challenge, the first in a planned series of AUKUS Innovation Challenges. The Australian lead in this Challenge is the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator…
The Defence Trade Controls (DTC) Amendment Bill 2023 before Parliament will streamline trade with the United Kingdom and United States and is critical to Australia’s ability to more closely integrate its defence industrial base with partners, Defence’s Deputy Secretary Strategy, Policy, and Industry,…