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Seaman Elmarie Faurie in the Navy' Centre for Innovation, Sydney, with her 3D-printed torch clip. Photo by Able Seaman Lucinda Allanson.

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Gap-year sailor excels in 3D

13/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 857 Views 0 Comments ADF Gap Year

An eight-week posting to Navy’s Centre for Innovation to finish off Seaman Elmarie Faurie’s Gap Year program has led to

A ‘Loyal Wingman’ prototype – now called MQ-28A Ghost Bat – flies over Woomera, South Australia. Photo by Flight Lieutenant Ricky Treloar.

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Another $400million to expand Ghost Bat development

10/02/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2032 Views 0 Comments Loyal Wingman, MQ-28A Ghost Bat

The Royal Australian Air Force has invested an additional $399 million in the ongoing development of the MQ-28A Ghost Bat

Bravo Zulu - Navy Jack Speak for well done.

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Learn Naval Slang (Jack-Speak)

09/02/202418/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2909 Views 0 Comments

A series of short video clips highlighting what Navy personnel might understand their own slang to mean. CAPTION: Bravo Zulu –

HMAS Warramunga conducts a cooperative activity with the United States and Japan during a regional presence deployment. Photo by Petty Officer Leo Baumgartner.

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Warramunga conducts transit through South China Sea

09/02/202418/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1950 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base East, HMAS Warramunga, Japan Maritime Self Defence Force, Regional Presence Deployment, US Navy

Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Warramunga has conducted a multilateral transit through the South China Sea with ships of

RAAF aviators unload a C-27J Spartan at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in readiness for Exercise Cope North 24. Story by Flight Lieutenant Claire Campbell. Photos by Leading Aircraftman Kurt Lewis.

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RAAF ‘combat ready’ at Cope North

09/02/202418/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1420 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, Exercise Cope North, Guam

Exercise Cope North 24 kicked off at Anderson Air Force Base in Guam, with Royal Australian Air Force elements prepared

Sergeant Andrew Noordhuis, who has received a bronze commendation, pictured in 2019. Story by Corporal Melina Young. Photo by Sergeant Kirk Peacock.

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Hot work leads to cool commendation

09/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1030 Views 0 Comments No. 25 Squadron, RAAF Amberley, RAAF Learmonth

Sergeant Andrew Noordhuis was on an unaccompanied posting to RAAF Base Learmonth and knew something was up when his wife

Private Veronica Bonnar, of 13th Engineer Regiment, speaks with representatives from South Metropolitan TAFE during a visit to Irwin Barracks, WA. Story by Major Dean Benson. Photos by Corporal Nakia Chapman.

Australian Army News

Key partnership STEMs from sharing innovation

09/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1116 Views 0 Comments 13th Brigade, Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles, Irwin Barracks, TAFE

A renewed commitment to sharing innovation and technology was the icing on the cake when Army’s 13th Brigade and Perth’s

Maldives Vice Chief of Defence Force, Brigadier General Ibrahim Hilmy, presents a shield to Indo-Pacific Endeavour 23 Commander, Air Commodore Tony McCormack, following key leadership engagement in Male during the Indo-Pacific Endeavour visit in January 2024. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long.

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Indo-Pacific Endeavour returns to Maldives

09/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1215 Views 0 Comments Indo-Pacific Endeavour, Maldives

Defence’s flagship regional engagement activity, Indo-Pacific Endeavour (IPE), returned to Maldives in January for only the second time. CAPTION: Maldives Vice

Deputy Commander 3rd Brigade Colonel Boniface Aruma being promoted by his wife, Cynthia, and daughter, Hannah, at the Army Museum North Queensland, Townsville. Story by Captain Brittany Evans. Photos by Corporal Guy Sadler.

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PNGDF officer appointed deputy commander Townsville brigade

08/02/202409/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1629 Views 0 Comments 3rd Brigade, PNGDF

Colonel Boni Aruma has been appointed Deputy Commander of Australia’s 3rd Brigade – the first time a Papua New Guinea

Pilots from the PNG Defence Force with members of the RAAF Institute of Aviation Medicine during a training course at RAAF Base Edinburgh. Story by Flight Lieutenant Steffi Blavius. Photo by Squadron Leader Indra Garner.

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Getting sister squadron ready to fly

08/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1220 Views 0 Comments Institute of Aviation Medicine (IAM), PNGDF, RAAF Edinburgh

Seven Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) pilots travelled to the Institute of Aviation Medicine (IAM) at RAAF Base Edinburgh

Captain Richard Brickacek, front left, Midshipman Rhys Williams and Commanding Officer ADV Cape Pillar Lieutenant Commander Liam McMahon cut a homeporting cake at Larrakeyah Officers' Mess, Darwin. Photos by Leading Seaman Ernesto Sanchez.

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New beginnings for new patrol boat

08/02/202409/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1527 Views 0 Comments ADV Cape Pillar, HMAS Coonawarra

ADV Cape Pillar and its crew were officially welcomed to their home port of HMAS Coonawarra with a ceremony conducted

Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States have successfully demonstrated the integration of advanced autonomy and artificial intelligence (AI) to test the resilience of autonomous assets in a contested environment. Conducted in South Australia in late 2023, the Trusted Operation of Robotic Vehicles in a Contested Environment (TORVICE) trial combined Australian, UK and US innovation and technology to test leading-edge AI in uncrewed robotic vehicles. TORVICE tested the ability of autonomous vehicles to complete their missions and preserve network connectivity in a contested environment. In December 2023, AUKUS Defence ministers announced that resilient and autonomous artificial intelligence technologies would be integrated into national programs in 2024. The TORVICE trial takes us a step closer to adopting these technologies in the land domain. The trial comprised UK and US robotic ground vehicles to represent autonomous multi-domain launchers and uncrewed ground vehicles, tasked to conduct long-range precision fires and other associated missions. The vehicles carried no weapons during the trial. Australian scientists subjected the vehicles to attacks from electronic warfare, electro optical laser, and position, navigation and timing systems to test resilience. Guy Powell, Principal Adviser, Land Autonomy, UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, said networked autonomy would be critical to future warfighting. “Robotic and autonomous systems have the potential to transform the battlefield providing a force multiplier while reducing risk to warfighters,” he said. “TORVICE allows us to understand robotic autonomous systems' operation in a contested environment and increase resilience of these systems. Working across three nations will accelerate development of robust capable systems.” Shane Canney, Chief Land and Integrated Force, Defence Science and Technology Group,saidinteroperability with AUKUS partners on land, at sea, in the air and in cyber space would support the ADF to maintain its strategic military edge. “Understanding how robotic vehicles react in contested environments accelerates our collective know-how and helps improve the system to overcome such attacks,” Dr Canney said. “Transitioning trusted robotic capabilities into the hands of our warfighters safely and ethically is a priority.” Kimberly Sablon, Principal Director for Trusted Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy, US Department of Defense, said TORVICE built uponthe first AUKUS artificial intelligence and autonomy trial held in the UK. “The TORVICE project builds upon the work the AUKUS partners demonstrated in Salisbury in April [2023],” Dr Sablon said. “During this exercise, we performed rigorous red teaming of our autonomous and AI systems to assess and mitigate vulnerabilities and to improve their resilience in contested and complex environments.” Through AUKUS, Australia, the UK, and the US are collaborating to accelerate collective understanding of AI and autonomy technologies, and how to rapidly field robust, trustworthy AI and autonomy in complex operations. Australia, the UK and the US continue to uphold the values of safe and responsible use of AI.

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AUKUS trials artificial intelligence in robotic vehicles

08/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2790 Views 1 Comment Artificial Intelligence (AI), AUKUS, Robotic Vehicles in a Contested Environment (TORVICE)

Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States have successfully demonstrated the integration of advanced autonomy and artificial intelligence (AI)