Australia and the United Kingdom have signed a joint statement to deepen cooperation on the Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar capability supplied by Canberra-based Company CEA Technologies Pty Limited. The joint statement recognises the strategic importance of collaboration between both…
Defence has announced a $310 million payment for the acquisition of long‑lead items from the United Kingdom for the reactors to be used in the RAN’s first two nuclear‑powered SSN-AUKUS submarines. The submarines themselves will be built at Osborne in…
The defence industry ministers of Australia and the UK, Pat Conroy and Luke Pollard, have agreed that Australia will host British engineers and scientists at Woomera to watch ongoing trials of the MQ-28A Ghost Bat Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) and…
New Zealand autonomy and uncrewed vehicle specialist Syos Aerospace demonstrated its mastery of both autonomy and the manufacture of uncrewed vehicles when it demonstrated control of its SM300 Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV), which was based in the UK, from Sydney,…
The UK Royal Navy's Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Spearhead program has rapidly developed three autonomous testbed platforms, CETUS, PROTEUS, and SCYLLA, to enhance the service’s ASW capabilities. A collaboration between the Royal Navy, defence industry, and research organisations the ASW Spearhead…
The UK’s Royal Navy has issued a Request for Tenders, closing on 14 November, for a technical demonstration at sea of an attritable, Tier 2 Fixed Wing Short Take Off and Landing Autonomous Collaborative Platform (FW STOL ACP). Delivered under…
Australia and the United Kingdom have signed the bilateral Nuclear-Powered Submarine Partnership and Collaboration Treaty (the Geelong Treaty) at the UK-Australia Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Geelong, Victoria. The Geelong Treaty is a commitment for the next 50 years of UK-Australian bilateral…
The three partners in the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP), BAE Systems, Leonardo and Japan Aircraft Industrial Enhancement Co, have launched a new Joint Venture company, Edgewing, to deliver a major part of the project. Edgewing will be accountable for…
QinetiQ Australia has successfully demonstrated a prototype of its scaleable high power laser optical chain at QinetiQ Laboratories (QLabs) in Adelaide, in collaboration with Defence’s Science and Technology Group (DSTG). Following the successful demonstration, QinetiQ and DSTG are closer to…
Sydney-based DroneShield has been registered with both the United States and Australian governments under AUKUS, enabling the export of most military and dual-use goods, technologies, and services to the United States and the United Kingdom without the need for an…