Better data and public reporting is needed as a starting point to improve Indigenous recruitment and retention in Defence, particularly around STEM and cyber, a new Australian Strategic Policy...
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The University of Adelaide in partnership with the University of New South Wales is the second recipient of $50 million through the federal government’s trailblazer program to support innovation...
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The federal government on Thursday announced nine new Defence Innovation Hub contracts together worth $19 million for companies developing technologies ranging from advanced radar and cameras to cheap “swarming”...
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Australia will develop hypersonic missiles and counter defences in partnership with the United States and United Kingdom under an expansion of the allies’ trilateral security pact announced overnight. Other...
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The Department of Defence has called in US consultants to develop a digital twin of its ‘future Army’, which it intends to use for cost, personnel and equipment decisions...
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The Department of Defence has funded 345 cutting edge technology projects by university and industry worth $258 million over the last six years, but none appear to have made...
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The scrapping of a $1.3 billion Defence drones program by the federal government to help pay for a cyber budget boost has been branded a “mess” and a massive...
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said a decision on Australia’s preferred nuclear-powered submarine will not be made before the upcoming federal election, directly contradicting his Defence Minister Peter Dutton,...
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Fewer than 5 per cent of projects funded by federal government’s flagship Defence innovation program have gone on to export success, and just 7 per cent have been close...
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The Defence Force has begun making digital twins of its airbases, with global consultants McKinsey being paid $6.4 million over less than eight months to develop a prototype model...
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The Department of Defence is urging Australian researchers and SMEs to consider new national security applications for their technologies, offering to connect them with the local industry and the...
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The Department of Defence is canvassing views on the future management of the Captain Cook graving dock at the Garden Island Defence Precinct in Sydney – a move which...
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Adelaide space startup Myriota has signed a $5.48 million contract with the federal government to expand its satellite communications network for use by Defence. Under the contract awarded via...
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The federal government has ordered an urgent review of the effectiveness of long standing Defence program designed to identify opportunities for Australian companies to plug into the global industry...