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 has selected Northrop Grumman Australia as its preferred industry partner and will invest an initial $126.9 million to establish Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) production in Australia. Solid rocket motors provide the propulsion required for most guided weapons, and are…
Defence is accelerating the development of Counter Uncrewed Aerial System (C-UAS) technology across the innovation, science and technology ecosystem by partnering with DroneShield to share vital research. Under a three-year Bilateral Collaborative Research Agreement (CRA), the Defence Science and Technology…
Defence’s Science and Technology Group (DSTG) is launching the Australian Energetic Materials Research Network in collaboration with Flinders University and RMIT University, who have been selected as strategic partners to lead this initiative. This network of Australian Universities will accelerate R&D…
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…
Newport, Virginia-based Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has announced a new 190-foot autonomous boat, the Romulus 190, that is designed by Sydney-based Incat-Crowther. The new Romulus design is part-built already and will be operational in 2026, says HII’s Duane Fotheringham. It…
Defence’s Science and Technology Group (DSTG) has awarded the 2025 Department of Defence Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia to two scientists who have developed a radiation-shielded chip. DSTG project lead Dr Kamal Gupta and Macquarie University scientist…
Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) has signed the Copperhead Project Arrangement (PA) with the United Kingdom’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). This will bring together cutting-edge technologies from both countries to develop affordable, next-generation guided weapons systems,…
The governments of Australia and Canada have signed a new technology partnership agreement to support collaboration on Over the Horizon Radar (OTHR) research and development. Canada’s decision to work with Australia on OTHR capabilities recognises Australia’s Jindalee Operational Radar Network…
The University of South Queensland-based iLAuNCH Trailblazer, together with partners Optus, HEO, Inovor Technologies and Defence’s Science and Technology Group (DSTG), have announced plans to build, launch and operate a sovereign Australian Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite. This collaboration represents…