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,…
The Perth, WA-based Defence Science Centre has award six Collaborative Research Grants, totalling $900,000, to WA researchers. The Grants are a co-contribution between the WA Government, Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) and Next Generation Technology Fund. The Collaborative Research…
Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States have successfully demonstrated the integration of advanced autonomy and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to test the resilience of autonomous assets in a contested environment. Conducted in South Australia in late 2023, the Trusted…
The US Congress has passed the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes substantial enabling provisions for Australia’s AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine program. The NDAA will see the transfer of Virginia-class Submarines to Australia and will streamline the flow of defence trade between…
US company BMNT Inc has launched the AUKUS Defence Investor Network (DIN) dedicated to accelerating the growth of new capabilities and building new industries. The AUKUS DIN, a collaboration with the Defense Innovation Units in the US and UK, is…
The partners in the tripartite AUKUS agreement – the USA, UK and Australia – have announced that the first maintenance to be carried out in Australia on a US Navy nuclear-powered submarine will be undertaken in the second half of…
The Australian Government plans to unlock billions of dollars in investment and cut red tape for Australia’s Defence industry and its AUKUS partners with the introduction of the proposed Defence Trade Controls Amendment Bill 2023. At the time of writing the…
HMS Spey, sister ship to HMS Tamar. Image: Defence Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have conducted a combined exercise off the east coast of Australia testing autonomous undersea warfare capabilities. In the Integrated Battle Problem 23-3 exercise…
The Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles and the Premier of South Australia, Peter Malinauskas, have released the South Australian Defence Industry Workforce and Skills Report and Action Plan, delivering a detailed strategy to grow and sustain…
US venture capital investor DYNE Maritime has launched a US$100 million ($157 million) fund to invest in maritime technologies related to the tripartite AUKUS agreement, reports the Australian Financial Review. The fund will focus on investments in dual-use technologies –…