The urgent quest for a sovereign SATCOM capability As bushfires raged along eastern Australia just over a year ago, destroying lives, property, and livelihoods, the ADF deployed to help out…
Max Blenkin
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Israeli company positions for greater local presence Elbit Systems of Australia, the local subsidiary of Israel’s largest defence company, is aiming to transform itself to create a fully sovereign Australian…
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Digital network key to Huntsman howitzer fire power Hanwha Defence Australia has announced that it will team with Kongsberg Defence Australia on the Australian Army’s LAND 8116 Phase 1 Protected…
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Under the various phases of the ADF’s long-running Project LAND 125, Australian soldiers have been re-equipping with improved body armour, webbing, and much more, but the latest phase of the…
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The ADF has signed an agreement with the US to develop a prototype air-launched hypersonic missile able to hit a target such as an aircraft carrier at a speed in…
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The Australian National Audit office (ANAO) has given a big tick to the $3.58 billion project to select and build the Navy’s Project SEA 1180 Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), now…
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The government has delivered on its promise to take defence spending to two per cent of gross domestic product, with Defence to receive more than $41.7 billion in 2020-21, rising…
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Saber Astronautics plays traffic cop for multi-national space exercise
by Max Blenkinby Max BlenkinDemonstrating Australia’s growing space expertise, Australian space company Saber Astronautics has led the space traffic monitoring cell for the Pacific region for a recent joint civil and military space operations…
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The cyber team of Canberra-based IT security and consulting firm Terra Schwartz has been awarded a Defence Sovereign Industry Capability grant to develop an Australian sovereign cyber security system. The…
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Warfare is evolving and the Australian Army, the largest operator of unmanned aerial systems in Australia, has more than just flying robots in its future.
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Australian universities have been invited to bid for Australian War College (AWC) academic services, a prestigious contract to deliver courses for the next generation of strategic leaders. Australia’s version of…
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As old strategic certainties become increasingly less certain, and our part of the world becomes more contested, Australia faces some problems which can only be confronted with serious science.
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Israel’s Rafael has demonstrated a new multi-missile launcher design for its Spike NLOS (non-line of sight) missile, a long- range variant of the Spike LR the Australian Army is acquiring.…
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In the challenging world of cyber security, Canberra company Penten is establishing a growing reputation by selling its advanced technology to the Australian and UK governments, and to others. From…
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A decade ago, the RAAF officially took delivery of the first two of six E-7A Wedgetail aircraft, troubled then but now recognised as likely the best airborne early warning and…
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Navy’s eight Anzac frigates have come a long way over the past two decades.
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The Government has launched a new Defence Science and Technology (DST) strategy, with eight priority research areas to better engage defence scientists, industry, research institutions, and international partners to deal…
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Defence has outlined how it plans to upgrade RAAF Tindal in the Northern Territory in a $1 billion upgrade to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works (PSCPW). The upgrade…
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Proceeding steadily but with less public commentary is the combat system design, development and integration by Lockheed Martin Australia. The combat system accounts for a significant portion of the overall project – the basic rule of thumb is that the combat system in a modern warship accounts for around 20 per cent of total project cost.
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The Army’s new Project LAND 2072 Phase 2B Currawong Battlespace Communications System (BCS), a world-class wholly Australian-designed and produced capability, is looking increasingly attractive to the US and British Armies.