Defence has established a new industry panel to advise it and other Australian Government agencies on Counter small Uncrewed Aerial Systems (C-sUAS) services, enhancing Australia’s ability to detect, deter and respond to emerging drone threats. The Defence Project Land156 Standing…
The Australian Army has tested Counter small Uncrewed Aerial System (C-sUAS) capabilities acquired under Project LAND156 at its Cultana Range urban training facility in South Australia. EX Southern Arrow 25 the Army culminated in a successful live-fire demonstration. This was…
Sydney based DroneShield has been selected for Defence’s Project LAND 156 Counter small Uncrewed Aerial System (C-sUAS) Services Line of Effort 3 Standing Offer Panel. The Panel arrangement enables Defence to procure DroneShield’s C-sUAS services through selective and limited tender…
Melbourne-based Leidos Australia and its Project LAND156 partners have demonstrated a mission-ready counter-drone capability for the ADF, shooting down drones kinetically and non-kinetically and achieving a key milestone in advancing Australia’s ability to counter evolving aerial threats. The EX Southern…
Although Leidos Australia has won the SIP role in Defence’s Project LAND156, US prime contractor L3Harris Technologies has launched its own Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (C-UAS) initiative. L3Harris says it is rapidly responding to the US Department of Defense and…
Three Australian manufacturers - AMSL Aero, Boresight and Grabba Technologies - have delivered 100 Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) each to the Australian Defence Force (ADF). They are now delivering an undisclosed number of extra UASs worth around $1.5 million. The…
Just four months after the announcement of Project LAND156, which is aimed at countering Small Uncrewed Aerial Systems (C-SUAS) Defence has issued an initial rolling wave of contracts worth $16.9 million to 11 vendors, including five Australian companies, to rapidly…