Defence is still examining the “paper trail” of potential conflicts in its $515 million defence data project after its own data lead left in 2019 to join KPMG, the...
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Melbourne-based autonomous subsea drone developer C2 Robotics has landed a further $6 million contract from Defence to take its Speartooth vessel into rigorous real-world testing and progress tooling work...
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Technology advancement is critical, but it is not the only essential ingredient for the success of AUKUS Pillar II. Without progress on two unheralded ‘functional’ areas – information sharing...
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The federal government has dropped an additional $400 million on its ‘Ghost Bat’ collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) to secure three working prototypes of a next-generation ‘Block Two’ version of...
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Australian defence scientists have carried out a series of trial electronic attacks against robotic vehicles operated by the United States and the United Kingdom as part of the latest...
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The Defence department’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator has signed contracts worth $1.21 million for the delivery of 11 different prototype drones as its first innovation incubation challenge moves to...
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Australia and Japan will work together to develop capabilities in robotic and autonomous systems for undersea warfare as part of a new research agreement. The research project, focused on...
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The ongoing conflict in the Ukraine is a stark demonstration of the importance of an strong industrial base that can be quickly mobilised into the service of defence production....
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Defence’s $515 million data project was poorly justified and went off track almost immediately, according to external reviews of the project that have uncovered poor governance, conflicts of interest...
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A group of Australian defence primes is demanding the government lessen its reliance on foreign suppliers by supporting genuinely Australian companies, including ring fencing a new $1 billion budget...
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After completing a nationwide briefing tour and developing its initial signals to industry, the head of Defence’s new $3.4 billion accelerator is ready to get to work with local...
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Adelaide-based firm QuantX Labs has landed a $750,000 contract with the Department of Defence to improve the security of its quantum position, navigation, and timing capability. The project aims...
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The Advanced Strategic Capability Accelerator’s (ASCA) first two areas of focus for long term research and development funding are quantum and technologies for “detecting and countering” disinformation produced by...
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The cost of Defence’s mammoth upgrade of backend systems is nudging $600 million, after lead systems integrator IBM landed another lucrative contract for platform services last month. Big Blue...