Tag: Australian Defence Force

Defence to source drone radio tech from South Australia

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Mesh network radio technology allowing a new fleet of reconnaissance drones to securely communicate with the Australian Defence Force will be made in South Australia under a new $15...

Defence drops $100m on local and overseas drones

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new fleet of reconnaissance drones will be acquired by the Australian Defence Force under a $100 million-plus deal with Germany’s Quantum-Systems and Australia’s own SYPAQ Systems. The federal...

‘A new frontier’: Marles on Defence’s buying philosophy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Defence minister Richard Marles says the concept of minimum viable capability will play an increasingly important role in bringing cutting-edge technologies and asymmetric advantage to the military. Mr Marles...

Accelerating Defence innovation: The strategic imperative for change

Posted on   |  by Professor Emily Hilder and Professor Tanya Monro
Australia is in an ever evolving and challenging strategic environment made increasingly uncertain by rapid technological development. This has been clearly spelt-out in the Defence Strategic Review published earlier...

Directed energy weapons are no longer science fiction

Posted on   |  by Matt Jones
In 1977, Star Wars extensively used directed energy weapons either from spaceships or the iconic lightsabre, later referred to as the “laser sword”. Nearly 50 years on, contemporary circumstances...

Air Force Commander to lead national cybersecurity efforts

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Air Force Commander Darren Goldie will lead the federal government’s cybersecurity incident response efforts as its inaugural national cybersecurity coordinator. Air Vice-Marshall Goldie will take up the role leading...

Defence prototypes digital twin to test battle plans

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Department of Defence is building a digital twin to allow commanders to test and rapidly re-check battle plans to elevate ADF command and control (C2). In an approach...

CSIRO lands $8.6m contract for Defence respirators

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
CSIRO has secured the largest government contract to date from the Defence Innovation Hub to develop advanced respiratory protective equipment for the Australian Defence Force. The respirator technology was...