More than 40 Australian defence industry SMEs have received $17 million in grants through the latest round of the Defence Industry Development Grants (DIDG) program. The Department of Defence...
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Australian troops have been handed powers to down rogue drones threatening military bases, fighter jets and warships, marking a major shift in how critical defence assets are protected. Just...
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Defence has selected nearly two dozen local and overseas companies for a new counter-drone procurement panel to help protect military sites and installations from aerial attacks. Raytheon, SAAB, Anduril...
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Defence has consolidated its VMWare arrangements, including some perpetual licences, into a new almost $180 million mega deal after the virtualisation supplier’s shift to a subscription model. The new...
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Defence is seeking industry input on building up sovereign drone manufacturing capacity and supply chains, labelling the effort a “national resilience imperative” in the face of evolving military tactics...
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The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator has forged long-term R&D partnerships with more than a dozen universities and defence companies to develop AI and machine learning technologies that build battlefield...
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Google has signed a potentially lucrative deal to provide Australia’s military with a resilient, fully disconnected hyperscale cloud solution capable of operating through network outages. The multi-year agreement for...
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If a major conflict erupted tomorrow, the world’s ammunition stockpiles would be gone in a matter of days – and refilling those empty arsenals could take as long as...
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Defence chief information officer Chris Crozier is two-and-a-half years into his five-year contract for the role and says the momentum toward change has kicked up a gear. Mr Crozier...
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Defence will give itself at least another year to retire its legacy systems, as it races to adopt modern cloud-based platforms across its IT environment and scale the use...
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A new Defence agency will assume budget and delivery oversight of military projects from three existing capability groups, in the largest departmental shake-up in 50 years. Defence minister Richard Marles...
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Defence has awarded satellite operator Intelsat a $180 million contract to extend the life of a satellite providing ultra-high frequency communications for military operations. The deal will keep Intelsat’s...
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The federal government must better engage the private sector, hasten new funding options and create advanced technology research environments to link the AUKUS Pillar II program with national innovation,...
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Australian defence firms shipped more than $150 million in military goods to the United States and United Kingdom without a licence over the past year under the new export...