Tag: Royal Australian Navy

WA seeks global partners for defence manufacturing hub

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Western Australia’s government has called for Australian and international companies to help establish a large-scale defence manufacturing hub on the west coast as it pushes ahead with plans to...

Quantum sensing innovators win $7.2m in ASCA contracts

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Three local quantum sensing innovators have been tapped by Defence’s advanced technology incubator to develop prototype undersea navigation solutions for warfighters traversing GPS-denied environments. Phasor Innovation, Nomad Atomics and...

Defence swells Bluebottle fleet with $176m drone boat deal

Posted on   |  by David Allen
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...

CSIRO joins $726m Navy electronic warfare uplift

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia’s national science agency will help modernise the Royal Australian Navy’s electronic warfare capabilities under an initial $21 million contract, joining the multi-decade program currently led by multinational defence...

Navy drops 20k a day on consultant-led cyber uplift

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Department of Defence will pay consultants more than $20,000 every day for the next 18 months to test the Navy’s cyber hygiene after years of government uplift programs....

Undersea drone development stymied by regulatory gaps

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Regulatory gaps are holding back the deployment of undersea drones and other autonomous marine vehicles, according to the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Representatives from the Australian Institute of...