The history of the USAF Aggressors – what can the RAAF learn from the USAF experience? By Rodney Barton The Vietnam War hammered home a lot of lessons during the…
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The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has announced the approval of the sale of up to 12 General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) and a comprehensive support…
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Lockheed Martin and Thales Australia have announced they will team to develop an Australian sovereign missile manufacturing capability. Designed to leverage the Government’s plans to develop sovereign missile capabilities as…
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The Royal Australian Navy has commissioned HMAS Supply II into service in a ceremony at its home base of Garden Island in Sydney. Built by Navantia in Spain before sea…
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Sharing electronic warfare tasks could revolutionise combat in the electromagnetic spectrum, but just what is distributed EW and how does it work? The Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322BC) made an unwittingly…
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Insitu Pacific has successfully demonstrated a detect and avoid (DAA) capability on its ScanEagle tactical UAS. The company says the demonstration was conducted on a ScanEagle at Coominya in Queensland,…
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Sydney based Cirrus Real Time Processing Systems has announced it has received a new support contract from the Commonwealth to extend its Tactical Electronic Warfare (TACEW) system engineering services agreement…
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BAE Systems Australia has announced that it will increase its investment in the development of sovereign Hypersonic capabilities in Australia. In a March 30 release, the company said it will…
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More carriers set to join the regional forces club The continuing military build-up in the Indo-Pacific region includes, among other things, aircraft carriers. Several countries in the region have fielded…
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The Commonwealth Government has announced a plan to establish a Centre of Expertise for Electronic Warfare in Adelaide in conjunction with Flinders University and DEWC T&E. Valued at $5 million…
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The US Navy has awarded Boeing a US$1.6bn (A$2.3bn) contract for 11 P-8A Poseidon maritime reconnaissance aircraft, including the final two aircraft for the RAAF. The contract will bring the…
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Raytheon Australian opened its new Centre for Joint Integration (CJI) at Mawson Lakes in Adelaide on March 31. The 11,500sqm facility took just two years to build, and some 200…
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Critical questions around people power at the opening of the RAAF’s 100 years What makes the Royal Australian Air Force a great air force? And as Australia’s strategic circumstances evolve…
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The Royal Australian Navy has decommissioned its first Armidale class patrol boat (ACPB) in a ceremony at Darwin. HMAS Pirie was commissioned in 2006, and is the first of the…
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Saab has announced it is leading a consortium effort to develop a detect and avoid (DAA) sensor for the SKELDAR V-200 vertical takeoff uncrewed aerial system (VTUAS). The European Commission…
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The team developing two of the three variants of the AN/ALQ-249 next generation jammer (NGJ) has been recognised with a Department of the (US) Navy test and evaluation (T&E) award…
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Northrop Grumman Australia has announced it will team with Leonardo to offer the AWHero vertical take off UAS (VTUAS) for the RAN’s SEA 129 Phase 5 maritime UAS requirement. Following…
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Updated March 24 with additional information on Northrop Grumman’s proposal. The Commonwealth has announced a list of contenders for the RAN’s Project SEA 129 Phase 5 Block 1 Maritime Unmanned…
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The Commonwealth has announced it has agreed to amendments to the SEA 1000 future submarine Strategic Partnering Agreement to ensure at least 60 per cent of the contract value of…
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Australia is investing heavily in modern warships with advanced missile defences which actually may not work against hypersonic missiles now being fielded by Russia and China. What may prove more…