Australia’s new icebreaker weighed and balanced in absentia
In a world-first, Australia’s new icebreaker was weighed and balanced by teleconference, because of COVID travel restrictions, ahead of her commissioning.
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Science & Technology
How falling on your ass can help protect soldiers
Reducing risks posed by IEDs is an area of effort for DST researchers and collecting battlefield data is challenging – enter civilian fall-on-pelvis data.
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Billion-dollar Benalla boost
Defence has signed a 10-year agreement with Thales for continued management and operation of Australia’s munition factories in Benalla and Mulwala.
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Aotearoa gets rousing welcome in Auckland
Royal New Zealand Navy’s new fleet tanker and replenishment ship Aotearoa sailed into Auckland Harbour today following a 15-day journey from South Korea.
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Large 3D metal printer deployed in bush trial
A ‘WarpSPEE3D’ 3D metal printer was deployed and put through its paces by the Australian Army during a field exercise in the Northern Territory this week.
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UQ to bridge artificial intelligence divide with ADF
University of Queensland Business School is working with the ADF to address growing challenges created by artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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Aussie companies win F-35 fleet grants
Three Australian companies have been awarded new grants to help build their capacity to support production and sustainment of the global F-35 fleet.
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Navy’s latest Phalanx upgrade reaches IOC
Royal Australian Navy’s latest upgraded Mark 15 Phalanx close-in weapon system has reached a major milestone – achieving initial operating capability.
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RAAF orders third MQ-4C Triton
The Royal Australian Air Force has committed to purchasing its third Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft to work alongside its Poseidon fleet.
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StormBreaker glide bomb for Super Hornets
Raytheon Missiles & Defense has completed the first guided release of a StormBreaker® smart weapon from an F/A-18 Super Hornet.
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$21 million in Defence innovation grants awarded
Eight new contracts worth more than $21 million have been funded under the federal government’s $640 million defence innovation program.
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Another Aussie satellite takes RAAF into space
University of NSW Canberra in collaboration with the Royal Australian Air Force has launched another satellite into space and established comms with it.
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RAAF Base Darwin getting new control tower
A new air-traffic-control tower is taking shape at RAAF Base Darwin in preparation for the arrival of Australia’s new OneSKY air-traffic-management system.
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Minister lauds Aussie Defence industry to UK counterpart
Australia’s Minister for Defence Industry last night spoke with her United Kingdom counterpart about Australian Defence capabilities, exports and offerings.
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Ammo-box contract extended for Victorian company
A regional Victorian company that has incorporated new technologies to reuse ammunition containers has signed a $15 million contract with Defence.
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First Aussie F-35 clocks up 1000 hours
The first Australian F-35A to roll off Lockheed Martin’s Texas production line back in 2014 has completed 1000 flying hours over the skies of Arizona.
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BlueScope wins steel contract for Hunter-class prototype
BlueScope has signed a contract to deliver 1500 tonnes of steel plate to construct five ship blocks in the prototyping phase of the Hunter-class frigates.
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Work starts to house submarine rescue system
Work has begun on a new purpose-built facility at Henderson in Western Australia to house the Royal Australian Navy’s submarine rescue system.
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Virtual weapons cost Defence 12 times more than real ones
A press release from Meggitt Training Systems today has put a dollar value on ‘virtual’ EF88 weapons used on Defence’s
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Gadgets and gismos – if it’s in a Marvel movie, Defence is thinking about it
While flying battle suits, swarms of combat drones and advanced AI are exciting on the big screen, ADF is actually looking at similar concepts.
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