SE Qld company demos 40mm-armed man-pack drone to US Army
Skyborne Technologies successfully demonstrated their 40mm-armed Cerberus GL to the US Army as part of the Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment.
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Army buys more autonomous mobile target systems
Deakin University will deliver more robotics-driven target systems to the Australian Defence Force, supporting nearly two dozen Australian small businesses.
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SAAB Combat Management Systems for all RAN surface ships
Saab has signed an agreement with Defence to provide combat management systems across all Royal Australian Navy major surface ships.
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Defence scientists went DEAP for Bushfire Assist
Defence scientists contributed to the ADF’s response to the bushfire crisis by using a research aircraft to conduct surveillance operations.
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Massive military aviation auction
Want a Black Hawk fuselage for that flight simulator you always wanted to build? Australian Frontline Machinery could have what you’re looking for.
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LAND 121 trucks reach ‘initial operating capability’
The Australian Army’s $5billion investment in next-generation logistic vehicles has officially achieved ‘initial operating capability’ (IOC).
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Excalibur upgrade hits moving targets
Raytheon’s new Excalibur S precision-guided artillery munition scored direct hits on moving targets during recent US Navy tests.
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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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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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