American military contractor Leidos has secured the key role of systems integration partner on Defence’s counter-drone project, beating local defence tech darling DroneShield and others to the deal. Defence...
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Silicon Quantum Computing has entered a multimillion-dollar contract with Defence that will see it provide an Australian-made quantum machine learning processor to make sense of large datasets. The Sydney-based...
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Professor Tanya Monro is six and half years into her role as chief defence scientist and says the growing sense of urgency in the work within the Defence Science...
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Australian defence manufacturers have received $17.3 million in grants through the latest round of the Defence Industry Development Grants Program to build sovereign industrial capabilities. The grants will help...
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The Australian Defence Force will formally establish a purpose-built space operations workforce for the first time, recognising the growing strategic importance of space as a contested domain and expanding...
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Defence will spend almost $100 million a year for the next five years on Microsoft Azure under a new cloud services deal that deepens the tech giant’s long-running ties...
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Australia and India will work together on a collaborative research project aimed at enhancing undersea surveillance capabilities, marking the first science and technology pact between the nations. The three-year...
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Defence has restarted its search for a new military-grade geostationary satellite after scrapping a multi-billion-dollar contract with US defence and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin late last year. In a...
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‘High-tech trench warfare’ was an oxymoron – until Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. On Ukraine’s battlefields, Cold War artillery meets 21st-century innovation. Shells fall while AI-enabled drones...
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Defence has begun testing wearable technologies from almost a dozen local and overseas companies to protect Australian troops against kamikaze drone attacks while on patrol. InnovationAus.com can reveal the...
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Australia’s Ghost Bat military drone program has reached a significant milestone, with a single operator successfully controlling two of the MQ-28A aircraft during recent trials at the top secret...
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The Western Australian government and UK tech and business groups are among critics of AUKUS’s advanced technology program, warning ‘Pillar II’ is still missing funding, structure and direction four...
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The largest enterprise resources planning overhaul underway in the federal government — and across the Southern Hemisphere — has reached a significant milestone in its six-year history. After being...
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Almost 60 Defence suppliers on Friday shared in $16.5 million in funding from the Defence Industry Development Grants program, which aims to build up Australia’s sovereign capabilities and technical...