Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price has announced an $81.4 million funding boost for the Defence Sovereign Industrial Capability Program (SCIP) to provide grants to industry for the next three years.…
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Saab Australia has announced that its locally-designed and manufactured maritime multi-function consoles (MFC) will be exported to international markets. Designed in 2018 for its combat management system for the Project…
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Europe’s two next-generation fighter programs are gathering speed. What might their radar, EW, and communications architectures look like? Europe is currently home to three combat aircraft programs – Dassault’s Rafale,…
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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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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 USAF has awarded a more than US$22.9bn (A$32.7bn) contract to Boeing for the F-15EX Advanced Eagle fighter program. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract comprises an initial award of US$1.192bn (A$1.71bn) for…
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The USAF’s plan to re-engine its fleet of 75 Boeing B-52H bombers has reportedly hit a funding roadblock in the US House Armed Services Committee (HASC). The USAF has long…
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The USAF has allocated funding to a flight demonstration program of a new Lockheed Martin-developed air-to-air missile (AAM). The flight tests will be conducted by the US Air Force Research…
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Chemring Australia and Quickstep Holdings have secured funding for development and cost reduction initiatives for their F-35 Lightning II countermeasure flare work. Chemring announced it will expand its Lara facility…
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The government is sticking to its plan lift Defence funding, with the 2018-19 budget taking the headline figure to $36.4 billion, up from $34.7 billion in 2017-18. Defence Minister Marise…
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Boeing has been awarded a US$73m (A$94m) contract from the US Navy to begin the modernisation of and structural enhancement to in-service US Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornets to extend their…
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L3 Micreo has announced it has secured $1 million in funding from the government’s Next Generation Technologies Fund to research its scalable High-Energy Laser Array (HELA) as part of the…
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The USAF has awarded Boeing-owned Aurora Flight Sciences a US$48m (A$61m) contract to develop a certified version of its Orion medium altitude long endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial system. Previously, the…
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Defence is spending $659 million at RAAF Base Edinburgh to support the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, Minister for Defence Senator Marise Payne and Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne…
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Following the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, the US Navy assisted with search, rescue and reconnaissance missions using P-8A Poseidon aircraft fitted with a search and rescue (SAR) kit capability, the…
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The first Defence Innovation Hub investments have been announced, following the launch of the program in December. Armor Composite Engineering will provide a low-profile body armour system that could be…
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Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne has announced that 22 universities will share $5.7 million in project funding to develop game-changing military capabilities under the Next Generation Technologies Fund. The…
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Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne has launched the $730 million Next Generation Technologies Fund, which promises to provide the creative capability solutions that Defence needs while benefiting Australian industry,…
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Ultra Electronics Avalon Systems is set to receive Australian government funding of $1.7 million to develop techniques to provide ships with early warning of low-flying threats such as anti-ship missiles,…
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White Paper Defence budget funding to hit, but be de-coupled from, 2 per cent of GDP target
by ADBRby ADBRDefence spending will reach two per cent of Australia’s Gross Domestic Product by the 2020-21 financial year, the 2016 Defence White Paper (DWP) promises, realising a commitment first made in…