Defence says it will more than double investment in C-UAS capabilities for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) with up to $7 billion now allocated under the Integrated Investment Program (IIP) over the next decade. As part of the major boost…
The Australian Government has released the 2026 National Defence Strategy (NDS) and Integrated Investment Program (IIP). Together, these documents set out the Government’s plan to respond to what it says is Australia’s worsening strategic circumstances. It has allocated $425 billion over the…
The Australian-made and designed autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), the MQ-28A Ghost Bat, has achieved a major capability milestone. In a capability demonstration at Woomera a single operator aboard an airborne E-7A Wedgetail took control of two Ghost Bat aircraft…
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…
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…