Defence Minister Richard Marles says Australia needs to pursue military “self-reliance” rather than “self-sufficiency”, balancing investment in new sovereign defence capabilities and industries and its commitments to partners like...
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A major lift in Defence funding is set to utilise more private financing and the government’s special investment vehicles and enterprises, Defence minister Richard Marles will announce on Thursday....
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The upcoming Defence spending plan will include at least $2.2 billion extra to develop new small drones and expand existing uncrewed platforms like Ghost Bat and Ghost Shark, in...
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The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator has set its sights on space capabilities, pervasive sensing and other intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies as part of a new call for long-term...
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DroneShield chief executive Oleg Vornik and chair Peter James have stepped down from the counter-drone device-maker just months after selling off tens of millions of dollars worth of company...
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Thousands of STEM students will be given a leg up through a new federal scholarship program the government hopes will fill out the pipeline of tens of thousands of...
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A proposed $1 billion federal co-investment fund for dual-use technologies is being shaped to avoid overlap with the National Reconstruction Fund, directing its focus towards early-stage advanced capabilities. More...
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Australia is set to dramatically expand its fleet of solar-powered drone boats, with Defence announcing a $176 million investment that will grow the Navy’s Bluebottle count from 15 to...
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Homegrown drone detection firm DroneShield will share vital counter-drone research with Australian defence scientists under a new three-year collaborative research agreement. Defence Science and Technology Group inked the partnership...
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Controversial US tech firm Palantir is mapping Australia’s defence industry capability and capacity for the government under a $7.6 million deal that was handed to the supplier without competition...
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The Albanese government is set to tip up to $500 million into a co-investment fund that will back local companies developing dual-use technologies aligned with AUKUS Pillar II priorities,...
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Defence says it will need to move away from a single system integrator on its multi-billion-dollar enterprise resource planning overhaul if it is to stay within budget and meet...
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Perth founded firm Kinetic IT will continue to supply Defence’s ICT service desk and switchboard service for another two years under a $53.5 million contract. Inked last October and...
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Researchers will develop a next generation multimodal AI foundation model designed for uniquely Australian contexts under a new research project backed by the nation’s defence research incubator. Led by...