The Australian Defence Force (ADF) says it will establish a purpose-built space workforce for its Joint Capabilities Group’s Space Command. The 2024 Defence Workforce Plan highlighted the need to recruit and retain highly‑specialised personnel for emerging capabilities, including space. To meet…
Optical quantum clocks developed at the University of Adelaide have been proven to out-perform GPS navigation systems by many orders of magnitude. The clocks, which were put through their paces in EX RIMPAC, were developed by a team led by…
Sydney-based Advanced Navigation will provide Rheinmetall Defence Australia with Fibre-Optic Gyroscope (FOG) Inertial Navigation Systems (INS), for Rheinmetall’s Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRV). This follows a previous deal which saw Advanced Navigation provide 200+ FOG INS to Rheinmetall in 2021…
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…
Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States have successfully demonstrated the integration of advanced autonomy and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to test the resilience of autonomous assets in a contested environment. Conducted in South Australia in late 2023, the Trusted…
QuantX Labs has secured $750,000 funding for an innovative research project aimed at revolutionizing a secured Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) capability for defence applications. The project, titled “Quantum-Secured Time Transfer for Resilient PNT,” will receive support from Department of…
The US Space Development Agency (SDA), which is now part of the US Space Force, has issued a Request for Information for developing a low-cost L-band Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) payload which can be added to potentially hundreds of satellites…