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Micro X Rover, deployable X-ray machine. Background photo by Sergeant Bill Solomou.

Hospital-grade X-rays available for field hospitals – innovation award winner

18/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2010 Views 0 Comments

Adelaide company Micro-X has won the Land Forces 2021 National Innovation Award for inventing and manufacturing Rover, a lightweight go-anywhere

HMAS Ballarat's Quality of Life administration team Able Seaman Adam Ballintijn, front left, Leading Seaman Reece Sturges and Leading Seaman Liam Anderson in the ship's junior sailors’ cafe. Story by Lieutenant Gary McHugh. Photo by Leading Seaman Ernesto Sanchez.

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Wi-Fi at sea boosts crew’s morale

15/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2551 Views 1 Comment

Back in the days of letters and stamps, a port visit for a Navy ship meant one thing above all

MANTIS system sees the unseen. Story by Samara Kitchener. Screen clip.

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Capturing data faster than a speeding bullet

15/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1756 Views 0 Comments

A sensor that has shown potential to measure the speed and predict the trajectory of incredibly fast-moving objects has been

An Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile is fired from HMAS Sydney for the first time during Sydney’s sea qualification trials off the coast of the United States. Story by Lieutenant Commander Benjamin King. Photo by Matt Skirde.

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Sydney passes US missile tests

10/05/202110/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2874 Views 0 Comments

HMAS Sydney has successfully completed her combat system sea qualification trials in the Southern Californian Exercise Area. CAPTION: An Evolved

Director of Mission Systems PTY David Battle discusses with Captain Etienne Mulder from the Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving Group about the use of a generator used to jam mine firing systems. Story by Lieutenant Commander Alan Parton.

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Tech paves way for future anti-mine capabilities

02/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1753 Views 0 Comments

The RAN could soon use remote autonomous systems to jam mine explosives under a new program being explored through industry

New electric vehicles were demonstrated during the Army Robotics Expo at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Story by Warrant Officer Class 2 Max Bree. Photo by Private Jacob Hilton.

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Future tech on show

02/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1851 Views 0 Comments

Brain-controlled robots might seem like the stuff of sci-fi and autonomous armoured vehicles the stuff of nightmares, but they were

Lieutenant Matthew Bell records readings from the automatic weather station during Exercise Sparrow at HMAS Penguin. Story by Lieutenant Kylea Jones. Photo by Able Seaman Daniel Goodman.

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New weather forecasting kit put to the test

22/04/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1584 Views 0 Comments

Navy’s Maritime Geospatial Warfare Unit (MGWU) on April 8 tested its newest deployable meteorological equipment in a field adjacent to

Air Mission Training School instructors Flight Lieutenants Sam de Boer, left, and Andrew Tyson conduct functional testing on the new Mission Airborne Training System. Story by Flight Lieutenant Julia Ravell. Photo by Squadron Leader Charles Tomlinson.

Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology

Navigation training takes a new direction

19/04/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1583 Views 0 Comments

Air Force’s Number 32 Squadron and Air Mission Training School (AMTS) at RAAF Base East Sale have taken delivery of

Japan’s RQ-4B Global Hawk makes its maiden flight. Photo supplied by Northrop Grumman.

Asia News Science & Technology

Japan’s RQ-4B Global Hawk makes first flight

18/04/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1763 Views 0 Comments

Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully completed the first flight of Japan’s RQ-4B Global Hawk on 15 April 2021 from Palmdale, California.

Avionics Technician, Corporal Joshua Newbon from No. 36 Squadron, utilises the Hololens mixed reality device during maintenance of a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft. Story by Samara Kitchener. RAAF file photo.

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A new way of looking at battlespaces

14/04/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1593 Views 0 Comments

Air Force’s Plan Jericho Disruptive Innovation team is taking mission control operations to the people with virtual reality. CAPTION: Avionics

Head of Air Force Capability Air Vice Marshal Catherine Roberts speaks with Professor Russell Boyce about the M2 CubeSat at the University of New South Wales Canberra. Photo by Sergeant Oliver Carter.

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Space mission up, up and away

23/03/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2094 Views 0 Comments

Australia today launched its most complex CubeSat mission ever, with the M2 Mission lifting-off in New Zealand as part of

Meteorologist and oceanographer Lieutenant Commander Fiona Simmonds uses an anemometer to measure wind speed aboard HMAS Canberra in Jervis Bay.

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A day to acknowledge the weather warriors

23/03/202123/03/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1758 Views 0 Comments

World Meteorological Day, today, provides an opportunity to applaud the ADF’s ‘weather warriors’. CAPTION: Meteorologist and oceanographer Lieutenant Commander Fiona Simmonds uses

HMAS Darwin conducts a Nulka active missile decoy firing. Photo by Able Seaman Sarah Williams.

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Nulka support secure for next five years

16/03/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2487 Views 0 Comments

BAE Systems Australia has been awarded a five-year $150million contract to provide in-service support and production of Nulka systems.

Head of Air Force Capability Air Vice-Marshal Cath Roberts hosts a question and answer session alongside Deputy Chief of Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Stephen Meredith during an International Women’s Day event. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Adam Abela.

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Women choose to challenge future

12/03/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 9795 Views 0 Comments

An Air Force event with a difference was held at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra to reflect the

A RAAF C-17A Globemaster III at Wilkins Aerodrome in Antarctica during Operation Southern Discovery. Photo by Michael Wright.

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C-17 delivers snow vehicle to Antarctica

05/03/202105/03/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 3122 Views 0 Comments

The heavy-lifting capability of Air Force’s C-17A Globemaster III ensured the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) could launch an important science

Army has rolled out a system that tracks vehicle speed, location and driver hours.

Australian Army News Science & Technology

Vehicle tracking system trials in ADF

27/02/202102/03/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2344 Views 0 Comments

A telematics system that tracks the speed and position of vehicles, and driver’s hours, has been rolled out to many Army vehicles.

The ‘igloo’, at Fisherman’s Bend, Melbourne.

Australian News Science & Technology

Future tech tests reality

27/02/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1780 Views 0 Comments

Robots controlled with thoughts, or connected to a 360-degree augmented reality simulator thousands of miles away, may be on the

Simulator Pilot Instructor Ben Scorey, of Canadian Aviation Electronics, monitors and instructs Pilot Officer Alec Taylor in the Hawk 127 Simulator during a trial of eye tracking technology. Photo by Corporal Brett Sherriff.

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Eye/gaze tracking to improve pilot training

18/02/202126/02/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1929 Views 0 Comments

A unique eye and gaze tracking system, using technology developed by the Australian company ‘Seeing Machines’ was installed in No.

Lynx KF41 in Australia for risk mitigation testing. Photo supplied by Rheinmetall.

Australian Army News Science & Technology

Queensland government backs Rheinmetall LAND 400 Phase 3 bid

15/02/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3804 Views 0 Comments LAND 400 Phase 3

Rheinmetall has secured Queensland government support in its bid to win the $20-odd-billion LAND 400 Phase 3 IFV program.

Hanwa's Redback, left, and, Rheinmetall's Lynx infantry fighting vehicles as delivered to Defence for test and evaluation for Project LAND 400 Phase 3. Photos supplied by Defence.

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Let the battles begin – LAND 400 Phase 3 evaluations

13/02/202131/01/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5216 Views 5 Comments LAND 400 Phase 3

Army’s close-combat vehicles choice has reached a significant milestone with six prototype test and evaluation vehicles ready to rumble.