Defence has declared fully operational its state-of-the-art high performance supercomputer capability at the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) facility at Edinburgh, near Adelaide. After intensive research and project development by Defence Science and Technology Group, the supercomputer is now…
Defence has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to tap into British expertise and research in artificial intelligence (AI) and data science. The agreement was signed between Defence, the University of South Australia, and the Alan Turing Institute, based…
Defence will spend $272 million to acquire up to 14 Multi-Mission Phased Array Radars (MMPARs) for the Australian Army. Canberra-based CEA Technologies will produce the radars under Project LAND8113 Ph.2. They will be used to support Army’s long-range fires capability…
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…
The RAN will arm itself with Raytheon SM2 Block IIIC and SM6 missiles under a $7 billion agreement with the United States. The SM2 Block IIIC and SM6 are said by Defence to be the most advanced air and missile…
Unless you actually read it properly, it’s easy to dismiss Defence’s new Innovation Science and Technology strategy as a DSTG-only thing, and therefore of only marginal relevance to the ‘real world’. Read the Strategy carefully – it’s a genuine whole-of-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…