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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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.…
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The USAF has awarded more small development contracts to Kratos and General Atomics as the service moves towards making its Skyborg Vanguard loyal wingman project a program of record. The…
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Serco Australia has released imagery and video of sub-scale tank tests of its proposed landing craft for the Australian Army’s Project LAND 8710 Phase 1 requirement. Conducted at the Australian…
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During World War 2, the German military developed a remote controlled tracked device called Goliath, intended to carry up to 100 kilograms of explosive to an enemy position or formation.…
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Kongsberg Defence Australia has shown off its Odin Fire Support System which will equip the AS9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzers being proposed for the Australian Army’s LAND 8116 Phase 1 Protected…
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LAND FORCES 2021 – Downer and JLB-Yaran sign MoU to develop indigenous talent
by Max Blenkinby Max BlenkinDowner has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with indigenous owned and run defence company, JLB-Yaran to support its creation of indigenous jobs in defence industry. Team Downer General Manager…
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Australian-owned Dingo Defence has declared it is ready to provide interoperable and equipment-agnostic maintenance solutions for the Australian Army’s fleet of heavy vehicles. The company says its ‘Trakka’ solution delivers…
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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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The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has announced State Department approval for the sale of four Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters to Australia. If progressed, the estimated US$259m (A$333m) foreign…
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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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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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The US Navy has reinstated funding for Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton production, with the awarding of a US$98.9m (A$129.5m) contract for one low-rate production lot five Triton. US Navy and…
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The office of Defence Minister Senator Linda Reynolds has announced she will take a period of medical leave from her role. A brief February 24 statement from the minister’s office…
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By Chris McInnes The Royal Australian Air Force’s second century poses new challenges for the service as the comfortable assumptions that shaped its first century crumble. One hundred years of…
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and the US Navy have successfully demonstrated the ability of a Predator B-type unmanned system to employ sonobuoys and process signals from them in a…
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The Commonwealth has announced that Australia will order an additional two Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime ISR and response aircraft for the RAAF. The two aircraft will add to the 12…
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Mention ‘survivability’, and discussion will typically and quickly turn to technical matters – a new gadget to defeat incoming missiles, a different widget to bamboozle sensors and decision-makers, stronger armour to withstand whatever might make it past the gadgets and widgets, or technical solutions to address detectability, susceptibility, vulnerability, and recoverability of systems and systems-of-systems.
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) has announced it has completed full scale static (FSS) testing of the MQ-9B SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian variants of its Predator-B unmanned system. Based on…
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The Commonwealth government has announced it will spend $220 million on new facilities at RAAF Base Edinburgh to accommodate the Gulfstream/L3Harris MC-55A Peregrine electronic support aircraft capability. Based on the…