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Gadgets and gismos – if it’s in a Marvel movie, Defence is thinking about it

27/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 1150 Views 0 Comments

While flying battle suits, swarms of combat drones and advanced AI are exciting on the big screen, ADF is actually looking at similar concepts.

NUSHIP Sydney off the coast of Sydney, NSW, shortly before her historic commissioning at sea. Photo by Able Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.

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PACIFIC2021 expo cancelled – for better/later event

20/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 555 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

After breaking records in 2019, the PACIFIC International Maritime Exposition – PACIFIC2021 – has been cancelled, renamed and moved to 2022.

An F-35 set up for landing at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. US Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Joely Santiago.

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Two serious crashes at Eglin AFB in a week

20/05/202020/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 783 Views 0 Comments

An F-35A Joint Strike Fighter assigned to 58th Fighter Squadron crashed at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, around 9:30pm local time yesterday, 19 May 2020.

Personnel from 176 Air Dispatch Squadron board a C-130 Hercules training aid at RAAF Base Richmond. Photo by Corporal Oliver Carter.

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CAE wins $26 million C-130J simulator upgrade contract

20/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 811 Views 0 Comments

CAE has been awarded a $26 million contract to upgrade an aircraft simulator and other training systems as part of the C-130J Block Upgrade Program.

Commanding Officer HMAS Sydney (V) Commander Edward Seymour salutes his crew inside Jervis Bay, NSW, following the ship's commissioning ceremony at sea. Photo by Petty Officer Tom Gibson.

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Australia’s finest warship commissioned at sea

19/05/202019/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 4303 Views 1 Comment

The Royal Australian Navy has welcomed its newest ship into the fleet with the first commissioning of an Australian warship at sea since World War II.

Sergeant Dean Jennings, Leading Seaman Rowan Campbell, Corporal Istvan Gonda and Corporal Dylan Stanley from Joint Military Police Station - Perth at the Sunset Military Spectacular at the Australian Army Museum of Western Australia in Fremantle. Photo by Leading Seaman Ernesto Sanchez.

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ADF trialling new soft body armour

18/05/202018/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 3118 Views 2 Comments

An initial $1 million contract with Craig International Ballistics will see the ADF receive 750 soft armour inserts to replace in-service armour.

An MRH-90 maritime support helicopter on HMAS Canberra. Photo by Leading Seaman Jake Badior.

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New round of Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority Grants announced

15/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 647 Views 0 Comments

The government today award $2.4million in Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority Grants to local businesses looking to boost their capability.

South Australian company Valley Precise Global's pipe-repair clamps are already used on American aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford.

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New round of Defence Global Competitiveness Grants announced

15/05/202015/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 551 Views 0 Comments

The latest recipients of the Defence Global Competitiveness Grants to help small businesses to pursue new opportunities in global markets

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Gilmour Space Technologies joins Defence space program

14/05/202014/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 465 Views 0 Comments

Defence and Gold Coast company Gilmour Space Technologies have joined forces to work together on space technologies under a new strategic agreement.

Lance Corporal Ash-Leigh Liebeck, 7RAR, inspects a Black Hornet nano UAV. Photo by Private Luke Jones.

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7RAR qualifying Hornet pilots

13/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 1429 Views 0 Comments

The 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, has taken to the skies, qualifying soldiers on the Black Hornet NUAS (nano unmanned aerial system).

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Defence-organised supply-chain hackathon

13/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 431 Views 0 Comments

Australian and New Zealand Defence Forces will host a joint hackathon to identify opportunities to strengthen sovereign supply chains this weekend.

Soldier from 1RAR set up comms at High Range Training Area. Photo by Brian Hartigan.

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Cubic Defence Australia wins $5million comms contract in Townsville

10/05/202010/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 543 Views 0 Comments

A Townsville-based company whose workforce is primarily composed of veterans has secured a $5million contract to deliver training services for the ADF.

Private Kai Cooper (centre) from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, during amphibious raid training at the Cowley Beach Training Area, north Queensland. Photo by Sergeant Jake Sims.

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Defence seeking LAND 125 industry partner

06/05/202006/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 712 Views 0 Comments LAND 125

Defence is seeking an industry partner to provide prime-vendor services for acquisition, integration and support on the Integrated Soldier System project.

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Sydney electronics company one of 35 on Loyal Wingman team

06/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 515 Views 0 Comments Loyal Wingman

Sydney company Allied Data Systems is supplying power distribution systems for the Loyal Wingman Program led by Boeing Australia for the RAAF.

Loyal Wingman prototype number one rolled out today – the first military aircraft designed and built in Australia for about 50 years. Boeing image.

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Boeing’s Loyal Wingman prototype launched

05/05/202005/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 2191 Views 3 Comments Loyal Wingman

Boeing today presented the first unmanned Loyal Wingman aircraft to the RAAF – the first Australian designed and built military aircraft in 50 years.

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Minister launches Defence Science and Technology Strategy 2030

04/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 627 Views 0 Comments

Defence Science and Technology Group has unveiled a new plan for collaborative mission-directed research to ensure ADF maintains a capability edge.

An F-35 prototype releases infrared countermeasure flares during test flights near Edwards AFB. Lockheed Martin photo.

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Victorian company wins F-35 countermeasures contract

04/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 1148 Views 0 Comments F-35

Geelong-based Chemring Australia has secured a USD$107.5 million contract to produce countermeasure flares for the global F-35 Program.

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Babcock Lockheed Martin team to deliver HF comms for ADF

02/05/202002/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 518 Views 0 Comments

Babcock Australasia and Lockheed Martin Australia have announced the signing of a collaboration agreement to deliver world-leading High Frequency (HF)

Two halves of future HMAS Arafura are brought together

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Two halves of future HMAS Arafura brought together

01/05/202006/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 3200 Views 0 Comments Arafura-class, offshore patrol vessel, OPV

Just shy of a year since an official keel-laying for Navy’s new first-of-class OPVs, the two halves of future HMAS Arafura have been brought together.