Army buying Spike LR2 for dismounted troops
The Australian Army and the wider Australian Defence Force will acquire the Rafael Spike LR2 missile system as its long-range
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Science & Technology
RAAF second user to attach Litening ‘targeting’ pod to C-130
Flight trials have begun for a Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules transport aircraft equipped with a Northrop Grumman ‘Litening’ sensor pod.
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New air-drop gear successful in Antarctica
A RAAF 36 Squadron C-17A Globemaster transport aircraft used new airdrop technologies to deliver payloads to Casey Station in Antarctica on 27 January 2020.
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Raytheon advancing machine-learning
Raytheon is developing a machine-learning technology under a $6 million contract from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for
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Defence attacks negative submarine coverage
Defence has responded to negative and sensationalist media reporting on the contents of an ANAO report on the progress of the future submarine contract.
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Randwick Navy training centre expansion complete
A $24 million extension to the Navy Training Systems Centre at Randwick Barracks is finished in time for the first Navy training course to commence.
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Northrop Grumman tests sonar on unmanned mine hunter
Northrop Grumman’s AQS-24 mine-hunting sonar recently completed initial in-water testing of a next-generation deploy-and-retrieval (D&R) payload from a mine countermeasures
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EOS contracted for Boxer remote weapon stations
Australian company Electro Optic Systems (EOS) has been awarded a $45 million contract to supply remote weapon stations for the
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Billion dollars for geobbildigook support system
The Morrison Government today sought to play up an investment of $150 million in the first tranche of Army’s geospatial
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RAAF’s 12th and final Poseidon delivered
Australia’s newest maritime surveillance aircraft, a P-8A Poseidon, arrived at its new home at RAAF Base Edinburgh, South Australia, about
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P/C-9A decommissioned
The Royal Australian Air Force has today ceremoniously farewelled the PC-9/A aircraft after more than 30 years of flying operations.
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7 new F-35s delivered to RAAF Williamtown
The Liberal National Government – spending our money but happy to take all the kudos for their own party-political advancement
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Raytheon unveils laptop-driven-VR soldier training
Raytheon unveiled a new immersive military training product today at I/ITSEC, the world’s largest modelling, simulation and training event. Raytheon
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South Australian tech company wins Defence satellite contract
A small South Australian space technology company has beaten international competition to win a $2.5m Defence contract. FILE IMAGE: Lunch-box sized
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RAAF’s first C-17 family gathering ever
It was very rare sight at RAAF Base Amberley on 18 November 2019 when all eight of No. 36 Squadron’s
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RAAF settles on MQ-9B for armed drone program
RAAF’s desire to acquire an armed remotely-piloted aircraft system is a step closer with the formal down-selection of the General
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Home of the Black Box celebrates 80th birthday
One of Australia’s oldest Defence research facilities, the Defence Science and Technology research laboratory in Melbourne, is celebrating 80 years at
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Babcock International wins contract for future submarines’ weapon discharge system
Naval Group has signed a subcontract with Babcock International Group PLC for the design of the weapon discharge system for
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Navy to deploy ship-spare-parts 3-D printer
Cutting-edge 3D printing technology developed in Darwin will be deployed by the Royal Australian Navy in a world-first trial that will
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Contract signed for Army air-defence radars
Defence has signed a multi-million dollar contract with Canberra-based CEA Technologies Pty Ltd to supply Army’s new short-range ground-based air-defence
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