Australia’s growing fleet of Ghost Shark autonomous submarines will be able to fire swarms of kamikaze aerial drones, lay mines and deploy containers with military equipment deep beneath the...
Australia’s newly established sovereign defence capability sales office will begin marketing Anduril’s Ghost Shark submarine drone to allied nations, as the government looks to turn its investment into an...
A shared fleet of submersible support and attack drones will be deployed by Australia, the UK and US as part of the first signature project of AUKUS Pillar II,...
Speculation is mounting that Melbourne-based C2 Robotics could be in line for a role in a new AUKUS underwater drone initiative, with a government announcement expected as soon as...
The government’s move to attract more private capital into Defence spending has the potential drive a major scale-up of Australian military technology, the Australian Industry and Defence Network says,...
For deep tech startups and local SME’s working on dual-use products and services, Defence minister Richard Marles has cracked open a window to new opportunities through private sector capability...
The upcoming Defence spending plan will include at least $2.2 billion extra to develop new small drones and expand existing uncrewed platforms like Ghost Bat and Ghost Shark, in...
Australia is set to dramatically expand its fleet of solar-powered drone boats, with Defence announcing a $176 million investment that will grow the Navy’s Bluebottle count from 15 to...
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...
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...