Australia’s newly established sovereign defence capability sales office will begin marketing Anduril’s Ghost Shark submarine drone to allied nations, as the government looks to turn its investment into an...
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Australia has signed its largest-ever defence export deal, booking $2.5 billion in the first phase of a contract to provide Canada with its cutting-edge Over the Horizon Radar technology....
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Australia’s military has expanded its reliance on SpaceX-owned Starlink for internet services on its aircraft, despite security warnings about the satellite service provider from two top federal cyber agencies....
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Former Prime minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday brushed off renewed criticism of AUKUS, saying the trilateral pact still gets Australia access to the “holy of holies” US military tech...
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Hypersonic missile flight design, artificial intelligence to track spaceborne objects, and software to move satellites into ‘constellations’ will be developed through six new research projects underway between a global...
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A shared fleet of submersible support and attack drones will be deployed by Australia, the UK and US as part of the first signature project of AUKUS Pillar II,...
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Speculation is mounting that Melbourne-based C2 Robotics could be in line for a role in a new AUKUS underwater drone initiative, with a government announcement expected as soon as...
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Three local quantum sensing innovators have been tapped by Defence’s advanced technology incubator to develop prototype undersea navigation solutions for warfighters traversing GPS-denied environments. Phasor Innovation, Nomad Atomics and...
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Two Melbourne firms have secured almost $32 million in contracts from Defence’s high tech accelerator to develop counter-drone platforms, as Labor announces it will pour $7 billion into drone...
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Defence plans to spend up to $1.5 billion a year for the next decade on enterprise technology like air-gapped cloud, advanced data platforms for AI and machine learning, and...
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The government’s move to attract more private capital into Defence spending has the potential drive a major scale-up of Australian military technology, the Australian Industry and Defence Network says,...
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For deep tech startups and local SME’s working on dual-use products and services, Defence minister Richard Marles has cracked open a window to new opportunities through private sector capability...
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Defence has formally identified artificial intelligence as a rising strategic factor and innovation priority in its new strategy and 10-year spending plan, while pledging an extra half-billion dollars to...
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Defence is set to invest up to $38 billion in space, cyber and electronic warfare over the next decade, as the invisible frontiers of modern conflict demand ever-greater budget...