The US Air Force has revealed it successfully conducted a test firing of a hypersonic Lockheed Martin AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) off California on 14 May. The test…

Defence Minister Peter Dutton has announced the government will invest a further $454 million in the Royal Australian Air Force’s Boeing MQ-28A Ghost Bat uncrewed aerial system. Formerly called the…

Exercise Autonomous Warrior 2022 (AW22) has commenced in the waters of Jervis Bay on the NSW south coast. Designed to test and demonstrate new autonomous maritime capabilities, the two-week exercise…

The recently decommissioned Royal Australian Navy Armidale class patrol boat – the former HMAS Maitland – is to be converted into an autonomous patrol boat testbed. Maitland will be converted…

The AMDA Foundation has revealed the INDO PACIFIC 2022 International Maritime Exposition – held in Sydney from 10-12 May – had the largest exhibitor turnout and show space in the…

French defence and technology company ECA Group say their proven robotic autonomous systems can give the Royal Australian Navy immediate access to world leading capability in maritime Mine Counter Measures…

Saab Australia, Leidos Australia, SeeByte, and Sonartech Atlas have announced a teaming bid for the Royal Australian Navy’s Project SEA 1905 Tranche 1 Maritime Mine Countermeasures and Military Survey capabilities.…

A record number of Defence businesses and international naval delegations will participate in the Indo Pacific 2022 International Maritime Exposition in Sydney this week More than 700 businesses and military…

West Australian-based Blue Ocean Marine Tech Systems started out working with big Australian resource companies, and now sees a growing future for its autonomous underwater systems in the defence sector.…

Boeing and the US Navy have launched the first test asset of the Navy’s Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV). Uncrewed underwater vessels will form a growing element of…

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…

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…

Anduril Australia has announced that it will partner with the Australian Defence Force on the development of an extra large autonomous underwater vehicle (XL-AUV) for the Royal Australian Navy. The…

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…

The federal government has committed $50 million to a joint defence research commercialisation initiative by the University of Adelaide and University of NSW to build a new trust-based cross-sector culture…

Radar Intelligence in the Falklands War

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…

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…

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…

Additional reporting by Max Blenkin: Defence Minister Peter Dutton has formally launched the Australian Defence Force’s Defence Space Command. Speaking at the 2022 Air and Space Conference in Canberra on…