Lockheed Martin Australia has partnered with Canberra-based IT security company, Penten to deliver advanced cyber security capabilities for its Project AIR 6500 Phase 1 Joint Air Battle Management (JABM) System…
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UPDATED WITH BOEING STATEMENT The government says it has finalised the deal to acquire 29 new Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to replace the Army’s fleet of 22 Airbus Tiger…
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Defence plans to buy an additional Sikorsky MH-60R Romeo Seahawk helicopter to replace one that ditched in the Philippine Sea in October last year. The new helicopter will come on…
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Melbourne company Sentient Vision Systems is planning further international expansion following some impressive contract and test wins. That includes selection by the US Department of Defense for Foreign Comparative Technology…
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The March-April 2022 and final issue of Australian Defence Business Review is now online. Yes, the FINAL issue. The market is changing, so Australian Defence Business Review is changing with it. Going forward, the…
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Updated 4 May 2022 with Schiebel statement The Commonwealth has shelved the Royal Australian Navy’s Project SEA 129 Phase 5 Block 1 Maritime Unmanned Aircraft System (MUAS) tender process, and…
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Melbourne-based Sentient Vision Systems has won a $2.1 million Australian government grant to establish an in-house manufacturing facility for its ViDAR search and surveillance pods. The grant was awarded under…
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The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reportedly allocated funding and will negotiate with the US JSF Program Office (JPO) for 26 more F-35B Lightning II combat aircraft. The UK…
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The donation of Australian defence Force equipment to the government of Ukraine has been expanded, with the provision of six M777 lightweight towed howitzers and 155mm ammunition. Four of the…
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The US Air Force has confirmed it will acquire an unspecified number of E-7 Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft to replace some of its ageing E-3 Sentry AWACS fleet. In an April…
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RUAG Australia has announced it has been granted authority to proceed (ATP) to establish a regional F-35 wheels and brakes maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) capability by the US JSF…
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The US has said it will no longer conduct destructive anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons testing in space, and has called for discussions between nations with space capabilities with a goal of…
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The New Zealand government has announced the deployment of a Royal New Zealand Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules transport and 50 support personnel to Europe for at least two months…
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Maintenance technicians from the US Navy and Royal Australian Air Force recently completed a six-week training event on the AN/ALQ-249(V)1 next generation jammer – mid band (NGJ-MB) that is being…
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HENSOLDT Australia has announced that its training team has achieved a key milestone on the Project AIR 5431 Phase 2 Air Traffic Management and Control System Facilities program, with the…
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Radar Intelligence in the Falklands War
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The leaders of the AUKUS alliance have reaffirmed their commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region, and have added a number of new shared capabilities to the August 2021…
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Defence Minister Peter Dutton has announced that Australia will buy the KONGSBERG Naval Strike Missile (NSM) to equip the Royal Australian Navy’s surface combatants, and the Lockheed Martin JASSM-ER for…
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Defence Minister Peter Dutton will today announce that Lockheed Martin Australia and Raytheon Australia have been nominated as strategic partners to the Commonwealth for the delivery of the Sovereign Guided…
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Updated 4 April with General Atomics’ statement. The Royal Australian Air Force’s Project AIR 7003 medium altitude long endurance armed UAS has been cancelled according to a senior Department of…