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…
The UK has released the results of its long-awaited Strategic Defence Review which was begun last year. The UK Government has committed itself to spending 2.5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2027, rising to 3% ‘in the next parliament’. In…
Defence’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA), through Mission Talon Strike, has issued a Request for Tenders (RFT) for technologies that can address the Problem Statement, “How might we strike land targets from medium range with low cost, and launched loitering…
Defence has released an Invitation to Register (ITR) Interest in fuze development and manufacture. It is seeking a lead industry partner (together with their SME network and supply chain) to undertake Australian domestic prototype design, development and manufacture of two types…
The Australian government handed down its budget for 2025-26 on the evening of 25 March and then almost immediately called a General Election which will be held on 3 May. Until then, the government is in ‘caretaker’ mode so is…
Defence has awarded contracts worth more than $8 million to two Australian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to develop Electronic Warfare (EW) technology under the AUKUS Innovation Challenge program. Defence has announced Canberra-based Advanced Design Technology (ADT) and Penten have…
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…
Defence has confirmed it will select from two contenders to equip the Australian Army with a land-based maritime strike capability under Project LAND8113 Ph.2. It has said this will result in the Army fielding a second long-range fires regiment. Defence…
The Australian Department of Defence is investing an initial $22 million in a sovereign rocket motor construction program to support its Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) program to build long-range missiles in Australia. Defence has also announced it will…
The Australian Government is acquiring quantum optical atomic clocks from Adelaide-based QuantX Labs to deliver position navigation and timing (PNT) capabilities to the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Two contracts, worth $2.7 million in total, will enable AUKUS partners to develop…