Tag: Department of Defence

Defence tech firms win spots on counter-drone panel

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
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...

Gig Guide: Ex-Merck vaccines chief takes helm at Brisbane biotech

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Brisbane-based biotech company Vaxxas has appointed veteran pharmaceutical industry leader David Peacock as its new chief executive as it moves to commercialise its needle-free vaccination technology. Mr Peacock comes...

Defence seeks industry help on sovereign drone drive

Posted on   |  by David Allen
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...

Universities, defence firms share in $40m AI spend

Posted on   |  by David Allen
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...

Defence inks Google deal for ‘air-gapped’ Secret cloud

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
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...

Defence CIO Chris Crozier opens up on frontline tech

Posted on   |  by James Riley
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...

Defence gives itself more time to phase out legacy tech

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
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...