The Australian Government has awarded Lockheed Martin Australia a $1.32 billion contract for Tranche 2B of Project AIR6500. This is a sovereign, high-tech Joint Air Battle Management System (JABMS) that integrates Australia’s air and missile defence capabilities across all-domains into…
The ADF has successfully trialled a ground-launched SM-2 naval air defence missile as an unexpected ‘candidate option’ for a future Medium-Range Ground-Based Air Defence (MRGBAD) system. The successful live-firing of the developmental system took place at Woomera and saw a…
UK firm BAE Systems has unveiled BlackThorn, a new generation of multi-role modular warheads designed specifically for use on autonomous platforms, one-way effectors, counter-drone systems, missiles and uncrewed ground vehicles. The BlackThorn warhead is adaptable and scalable and can be…
Lockheed Martin Australia has started building a new $85.9 million Air Power Precinct at RAAF Base Williamtown in the Hunter region. The purpose-built National Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) Ecosystem will support next-generation IAMD systems, strengthening the nation’s sovereign…
In their 67-clause AUKMIN (Australian-UK Ministerial Consultations) Communique Australia and the UK have agreed closer Defence and Strategic cooperation. The talks, between the Australian and UK Ministers for Defence and Foreign Affairs, were held in Sydney on 25 July. All…
The Australian Army’s contribution to the ADF’s Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) system took a step forward during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 when 16th Regiment’s National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS) fired two AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air…
Defence is investing $61.5 million with two undisclosed companies, in Adelaide and Brisbane, to support the rapid development of technology to degrade an adversary’s Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) systems. Developed under the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator’s (ASCA) Mission…
Canberra-based Leidos Australia has won a contract of undisclosed value to provide Lockheed Martin Australia with software development, cyber security and verification and validation services for the ADF’s next generation Joint Air Battle Management System (JABMS) under Project AIR6500. Under…
The RAN destroyer HMAS Sydney has conducted a successful firing of a Standard Missile 6, or SM6, representing a step-change in the lethality, air and missile defence, and long-range strike capability of Navy’s surface combatant fleet. The SM6 will be progressively deployed…
At EX Valiant Shield 24, Arlington-based Raytheon demonstrated a simulated complex missile engagement leveraging the US Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, or LTAMDS, and Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System, IBCS, launching the US Navy's…