Elbit Systems of Australia has been chosen to deliver a cyber training range for the Department of Defence under a three-year contract to boost Australia’s cyber security capability. Announcing the…
Land Forces
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The Australian Army expects to issue a request for information (RFI) on its Land Simulation (LS) Core 2.0 project before the end of 2018. The timeline for the minor project…
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Deliveries of rapidly-deployable DSB Dry Support Bridges to the Australian Army are nearly complete. Supplied by UK company WFEL under the LAND 155 Enhanced Gap Crossing Capability Project, the Dry…
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Saab Australia’s Mode 5 IFF upgrade to the Australian Army’s Short Range Air Defence (SHORAD) has received US certification, which means Army’s RBS 70 missile system can be safely deployed…
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Defence has energetically embraced simulation, with pilots of helicopters and jets, tank crews and many others training on ultra-realistic simulations. But how about linking up all those simulators dotted around…
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Leidos Australia has signed a contract with the Commonwealth for the provision of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear defence (CBRND) for Project LAND 2110 Phase 1B. The contract, valued at $243.5 million,…
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Brisbane-based start-up GAARD Tech Targets has launched a new range of fixed and mobile targets designed to improve training for ground and air gunnery. The company, run by former Army…
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ADBR is publishing the official Show Daily for Land Forces 2018, showcasing news from and relevant to the region’s largest defence exposition focused on the armies of the Indo-Asia-Pacific. Download…
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A group of Australian firms is hoping their collective expertise will give them an edge in bidding for Defence contracts against some of the world’s largest players in the field. Some…
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Israeli defence company Rafael and its Australian joint venture partner Varley are set to pitch some of the world’s most advanced technology to the Australian Defence Force. Included in a…
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On the night of January 6, Syrian rebels conducted what might have been a world first, a massed drone attack on a pair of Russian military bases. Thirteen remote-controlled model…
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BMT has presented its Caimen-90 landing craft as a possible solution to emerging Australian landing craft requirements. Originally designed to meet the UK MOD’s requirement to replace the Mk10 landing…
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New Chief of Army LTGEN Rick Burr is enthusiastic about next week’s LAND FORCES 2018 conference in Adelaide. Having just taken over the role from new Chief of Defence Force…
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Austrian vertical takeoff UAS manufacturer Schiebel has announced the establishment of a local base in the NSW Shoalhaven region with the formation of Schiebel Pacific Pty Ltd (SPL). The new…
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Rheinmetall has launched its bid campaign for the Australian Army’s LAND 400 Phase 3 infantry fighting vehicle to replace the M113AS4 in Army service. Following the unveiling on the Lynx…
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Hanwha Defense Systems has revealed its offering for the LAND 400 Phase 3 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) requirement to replace Army’s M113AS4 armoured personnel carrier (APC). Dubbed the AS21 Redback…
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Australian steel manufacturer Bisalloy has recorded a 56 per cent increase in exports of defence grade steel in 2017/18, its best result in more than a decade. The Unanderra, NSW-based…