Saab Australia has started work on its new Queensland base for its JP2060 deployable health capability (DHC) program with a ceremonial sod-turning for its new facility at Bundamba near Ipswich.…
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Uncrewed aerial system (UAS) manufacturers Insitu Pacific and Perth-based Innovaero have signed a memorandum of agreement to collaborate on the development of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS). The MoA will see…
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Team SABRE, a consortium between Safran Electronics & Defense Australasia, Nova Systems Australia & New Zealand, and BAE Systems Australia, has been chosen by the Commonwealth to participate in the…
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A teaming of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman has successfully conducted a live-fire hypersonic strike system test in support of the US Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) and US Army’s…
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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has announced it is opening an Australian office to share its experience and know-how with Australia’s sovereign defence capabilities. IAI will present a variety of strategic…
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Cook Defence Systems (CDS) has been selected to provide tracks for the Lynx KF41 Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV) as part of Rheinmetall’s bid for LAND 400 Phase 3. The Lynx…
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Sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT is pushing ahead with the development of a collision warning system for civil and military autonomous air vehicles. The radar sensor at the heart of the…
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The development of close-quarter combat training armour for defence and law enforcement personnel has been given a boost through a new partnership. Chiron Global Tech Pty Ltd and Australian composites…
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Hanwha Defense Australia says its selection of PTC Windchill product lifecycle management (PLM) software, supported by local technology company LEAP Australia, will enhance lifecycle support of the Redback Infantry Fighting…
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Muskito UGV joins ADF autonomous anti-mine warfare capability Where once soldiers on foot cleared roads of mines by slow and careful scanning with mine detectors, Defence is now assessing new…
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The use of drones in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
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The Australian Defence Force has announced it will establish a dedicated Space Division in 2022 to develop and manage the ADF’s emerging space capabilities. The roles of the Space Division…
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Rheinmetall has announced that Hungary has ordered the company’s StrikeShield hard-kill active protection system (APS) for that that country’s fleet of 209 KF41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicles (IFV). The system…
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Artificial intelligence and machine-learning form the foundation of the cognitive techniques set to revolutionise electronic warfare. Since their first use en masse during World War 2, Electronic Warfare (EW) systems…
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The ADF has accepted into service the trailer-mounted Medium SATCOM Terminal (MST) made by Boeing Defence Australia as part of its Project LAND 2072 Phase 2B Currawong requirement. The MST…
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The AMDA Foundation, organiser of the Land Forces, Australian International Air Show, and Indo-Pacific Maritime trade shows, has announced the winners of the LAND FORCES 2021 Innovation Awards. The three…
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The UK’s Royal Air Force has ordered 14 Boeing H-47 (ER) Chinooks valued at £1.4bn (A$2.55bn). The order will see some of the RAF’s fleet of older HC6A models (upgraded…
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The March-April 2021 issue of ADBR is now online, and it’s full of LAND FORCES International Land Defence Exposition goodness! Stories inside include… * is the Australian Army Future Ready?* the opening of Raytheon Australia’s…
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The RAAF has deployed a squadron of F-35A Lightning II fighters to Darwin for the first time to participate in Exercise Arnhem Thunder 2021. To be conducted over the Northern…
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Raytheon Technologies and KONGSBERG have announced they have successfully conducted the first live-firing of an Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile Extended Range (AMRAAM-ER) missile from a National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile…