Collaboration puts a firm focus on space domain awareness At the end of World War 2, Australia possessed a pool of supremely-talented radar engineers who, with scientists from the CSIRO,…
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SRC Aus has announced it has been awarded a four-year, $47.9 million contract with the ADF’s Defence Intelligence Group to provide Intelligence Mission Data (IMD) services. The contract will see…
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Lockheed Martin Australia has announced it has teamed with Shoal Group for the Australian Defence Force’s Project JP9102 sovereign military satellite communications (SATCOM) requirement. The October 11 announcement says the…
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Lockheed Martin Australia has announced it has won a two-year, $20 million contract to support the Aust Geospatial Intelligence Organisation (AGO). Known as South COAST, the new program will be…
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The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has announced that Australia has been approved to acquire 12 Sikorsky MH-60R Romeo Seahawk helicopters. The announcement posted on October 8 says that,…
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The first Gulfstream/L3Harris EC-37B Compass Call II electronic warfare aircraft for the US Air Force has made its maiden flight from Gulfstream’s facility at Savannah in Georgia. The aircraft –…
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UPDATED October 7 with more images and quotes. Japan has conducted trials of the short take off and vertical landing (STOVL) Lockheed Martin F-35B aboard its newly-converted 27,000 tonne helicopter…
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Is the US finally ready to Join the Force? By an Australian in Washington For the US military, enabling and operationalising the Joint Force has been seen as a little…
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The Commonwealth Government has confirmed the ADF will acquire several new types of air and surface-launched long-range strike missiles for the Royal Australian Air Force and Royal Australian Navy. A…
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The Commonwealth has released a request for proposals (RFP) to industry for the Project AIR 6502 Phase 1 medium range ground-based air defence system for the ADF. The release of…
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Leonardo and Northrop Grumman have announced that they will team to jointly pursue opportunities in the Vertical Take-Off and Landing Uncrewed Aerial Systems (VTUAS) domain. Announced at the DSEI conference…
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Boeing has announced it will partner with RMIT to develop space manufacturing capabilities in Australia. The agreement will merge Boeing’s space product development with RMIT’s advanced manufacturing research. It covers…
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The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has found major shortcomings in how the Australian Defence Force performs security vetting of the large number of firms with which it does business.…
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Kongsberg Australia has announced that the first two Fire Distribution Centres (FDC) for the Australian Army’s Project LAND 19 Phase 7B NASAMS short-range ground-based air defence (SRGBAD) system have successfully…
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The US Department of Defense has awarded follow-on contracts to three US companies as part of the development of the joint US-Australian Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment (SCIFiRE) hypersonic…
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Northrop Grumman Australia has announced it has delivered the Network Integration Test Environment (NITE) capability for the MQ-4C Triton high-altitude maritime UAS to the ADF. Located at RAAF Edinburgh, the…
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The ADF has deployed two Royal Australian Navy vessels for its biennial Indo-Pacific regional engagement activity. HMA Ships Canberra and ANZAC departed Darwin as IPE21 Task Group on August 27…
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The US Navy’s Northrop Grumman AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) missile has received Milestone C (MS-C) approval to proceed to the production phase of the program.…
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The USAF has successfully conducted a demonstration program of the mass launch of long-range precision strike weapons from a transport aircraft. Conducted by the USAF’s Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation…
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Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price has announced four new Sovereign Industrial Capability Priorities which it says will help to build a robust, resilient, and internationally competitive defence industry in Australia.…