Australia’s growing fleet of Ghost Shark autonomous submarines will be able to fire swarms of kamikaze aerial drones, lay mines and deploy containers with military equipment deep beneath the...
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Defence will pay Accenture more than $1.5 million a month for the next year to help stand up a new delivery agency and its back end software amid a...
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Building Australian sovereign defence industry depends on faster innovation, stronger and broader industrial mobilisation, and a closer alignment between government, industry and capital. Retired Rear Admiral Lee Goddard has...
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Anyone at the Australian Defence Science, Technology and Research (ADSTAR) summit in Adelaide last month will have recognised an increased sense of urgency attached to defence tech development efforts....
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A new Defence Industry Growth Facility will replace Australia’s underutilised US$3 billion defence export fund, extending financing to sovereign defence capabilities for the first time. Defence Industry minister Pat...
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The Australian Defence Force has issued a call to arms for cyber professionals to join a new breed of reserves, providing all-important “surge capacity” as threats from state-based actors...
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A sharp rise in drone incursions at sensitive Defence sites across the country has prompted calls for the Albanese government to accelerate the rollout of counter-drone measures. Defence personnel...
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An Australian-made 100-kilogram solid rocket motor has blasted off from South Australia in a test flight being hailed as a “major step forward” in sovereign defence and space capability....
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Defence has unveiled the first major overhaul of its innovation strategy in two years, setting a goal of becoming a “core contributor” to national R&D outcomes by deepening its...
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Almost two years after promising a network of university-based research centres to accelerate research and development, Defence has only just begun the process of establishing the first. Defence Research...
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Defence is moving forward with its search for a new military-grade geostationary satellite, signalling it will soon approach the market for a prime contractor to serve its needs for...
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Electro Optic Systems has landed a counter-drone contract under the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator’s Mission Syracuse, becoming the third defence tech firm to win work through the program. The...
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Defence Industry minister Pat Conroy does not believe that Australian ownership – and the control that ownership infers – is the most important ingredient for building a sovereign industrial...
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Defence will cut procurement timeframes and shift to minimum viable contracts to speed innovation to warfighters, under a new strategy centred on building a stronger industrial base. A new...