Google plans to build a large artificial intelligence data centre on Australia’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with the Department of Defence...
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Australian-made quantum optical atomic clocks have passed critical tests in the United States, advancing efforts to develop cutting-edge defence capabilities under AUKUS Pillar II. The six-week trial saw Australia...
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The head of the Australian Industry and Defence Network has called on Defence to overhaul its definition of sovereignty, which currently allows foreign-owned companies to be classified as Australian...
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Western Australia’s Cook government will introduce legislation to create a new statutory body, evolving Defence West into an independent agency tasked with accelerating growth in the state’s defence industry....
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Australian counter-drone device-maker DroneShield will spend $13 million setting up a new research and development facility in Adelaide, creating 20 high-skilled engineering roles. The new site, to be led...
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The Defence department is seeking industry proposals for an Australian-built undersea navigation system to guide autonomous underwater vehicles through deep ocean waters without GPS assistance. The Advanced Strategic Capabilities...
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ASX-listed counter-drone company DroneShield on Wednesday announced two new contracts worth A$7.9 million with the US Department of Defense, pushing its global deployment past 4,000 systems. The orders cover...
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American defence technology startup Anduril has secured a $1.7 billion contract with the Royal Australian Navy to build a new fleet of unmanned military submarines with strike capabilities in...
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Australia’s Ghost Bat military drone could conduct live firing tests as early as this year, as US aerospace manufacturer Boeing moves forward with the program after a series of...
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American military contractor Leidos has secured the key role of systems integration partner on Defence’s counter-drone project, beating local defence tech darling DroneShield and others to the deal. Defence...
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Silicon Quantum Computing has entered a multimillion-dollar contract with Defence that will see it provide an Australian-made quantum machine learning processor to make sense of large datasets. The Sydney-based...
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Professor Tanya Monro is six and half years into her role as chief defence scientist and says the growing sense of urgency in the work within the Defence Science...
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Australian defence manufacturers have received $17.3 million in grants through the latest round of the Defence Industry Development Grants Program to build sovereign industrial capabilities. The grants will help...
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The Australian Defence Force will formally establish a purpose-built space operations workforce for the first time, recognising the growing strategic importance of space as a contested domain and expanding...