Tag: Drones

US firm acquires Australia’s Sentient Vision Systems

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Victoria-based Sentient Vision Systems, a developer of advanced sensors, has been acquired by US defence drone and autonomous systems producer Shield AI. Pending regulatory approval, Sentient Vision Systems will...

AIM to deliver Defence’s first drone-killing laser

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Melbourne-based AIM Defence has landed a $5.4 million contract for the sale of counter-drone lasers, representing the Australian Defence Force’s first acquisition of a prototype directed energy weapon for...

NT’s drone innovation push takes off

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Northern Territory government is offering $100,000 in seed funding to establish a drone technology innovation cluster, a key initiative of its upcoming drone industry strategy. While the cluster...

Defence tips $6m more into C2 Robotics subsea drone

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Melbourne-based autonomous subsea drone developer C2 Robotics has landed a further $6 million contract from Defence to take its Speartooth vessel into rigorous real-world testing and progress tooling work...

It’s Defence procurement, but not as we know it

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The first major test of the acquisition powers of the Defence department’s new Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) will pass a major milestone next month with a competitive “fly-off”...

Aust-Japan launch undersea warfare project

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia and Japan will work together to develop capabilities in robotic and autonomous systems for undersea warfare as part of a new research agreement. The research project, focused on...

C2 Robotics proves undersea drone at Defence exercise

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Melbourne-based C2 Robotics has successfully demonstrated the capabilities of its Speartooth Large Uncrewed Underwater Vessel at a two-week Department of Defence demonstration exercise, which featured participation from Australian and...

Local firms partner on $140m Ghost Shark project

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
10 local defence industry firms will take part in a $140 million project being led by Anduril Australia, subsidiary of its US namesake, to build extra-large unmanned underwater drones...

Digital ID helping Ukraine crowdsource military intelligence

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Ukraine’s three-year-old digital ID system became an unlikely source of military intelligence in the nation’s defence against Russia, while far older tech has also proven more resilient than anticipated,...