Defence tests anti-drone laser
At a Puckapunyal range, where tanks and explosions are commonplace, last month a new type of weapon system was put
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Sovereign industry
Call for pitches to optimise the soldier for littoral operations
The Australian Army is calling on defence industry and academia to pitch innovative capabilities to optimise the soldier for littoral
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Australian govt orders Boxers for German Army
Australia is set to make its largest ever defence export after the Australian government signed a production contract with Rheinmetall
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Australia’s Whiskey Project delivers two watercraft to US Marine Corps
Australian specialist and tactical watercraft manufacturer The Whiskey Project Group (TWPG) has successfully delivered the first two 11-metre Whiskey Bravo
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Ghost Shark ‘Alpha’ unveiled in Sydney
The Albanese Government [not the company who made it, apparently] will deliver a sovereign, autonomous undersea capability, through the Ghost
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EOS showcases advanced unmanned weapons platform to US Army
Australian’s EOS subsidiary EOS Defense Systems USA recently participated in the US Army’s Project Convergence Capstone 4 (PC-C4) at the
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Royal Australian Navy’s future surface combat fleet set to expand
The Albanese Government has released its blueprint for future Royal Australian Navy surface combatant fleet – covered in party-political spin
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Another $400million to expand Ghost Bat development
The Royal Australian Air Force has invested an additional $399 million in the ongoing development of the MQ-28A Ghost Bat
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Electro Optic Systems land major sale into Germany
Canberra company Electro Optic Systems announced today that it has secured a contract to supply Slinger counter-drone systems valued at
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Newcastle set to become regional F-35 servicing hub
Hunter Region’s future as the Indo-Pacific hub for sustainment of F-35 Lightning II aircraft has been secured after the Australian
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Army’s new Huntsman thunders in South Australia
155mm shells blasted from the eight-metre-long barrel of an AS9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzer shaking the ground at Port Wakefield, South
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NIOA moves ‘inside the wire’ at Picatinny
Australia’s NIOA Group has taken up a tenancy at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey, USA, as the company looks to
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Augmented reality enhances medical training
Imagine a world where new mixed-reality technology could assist Royal Australian Air Force medical professionals in immersing themselves into training
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Tactical vehicles tried and tested
Soldiers who operate Army’s land tactical vehicles shared insights with representatives from other nations who use the machinery at a
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Navy pilot trainers setting records
For the past two years, 723 Squadron – Joint Helicopter School has increased the output of trained aircrew by 50
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NIOA begins Boxer ammunition production
NIOA has begun ammunition production for the Army’s next-generation armoured Boxer vehicle, marking a significant milestone for munitions manufacturing in
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EOS demonstrates drone shoot-down capabilities
Electro Optic Systems (EOS) has demonstrated its Australian-made directed-energy and kinetic counter-drone capabilities in a field environment, in front of
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New lease of life for aircraft engine testing
TAE Aerospace will upgrade the test system for the F414 engines that power the RAAF’s Super Hornet and Growler aircraft.
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Australia’s future SPH previewed on TS23
South Korean self-propelled howitzers made their Australian debut at Exercise Talisman Sabre, ahead of the planned construction of the Australian-variant
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Saab hits deployable-health-project milestone
Saab Australia’s deployable health project JP2060 Phase 3 delivered 131 separate modules that have now been accepted by the Commonwealth
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