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Patriot missile defence system control screen. Raytheon image.
News Overseas Science & Technology 

‘Gamer-style’ control interface for Patriot missile defence

18/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3717 Views 0 Comments

Raytheon engineers are integrating a ‘Warfighter-Machine Interface’, or WMI, into soon-to-be-fielded Patriot upgrades. Tom Laliberty, Raytheon Integrated Defense System’s Vice President

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Europe News Science & Technology 

Airbus demos ‘Network for the Sky’ on MRTT

14/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2165 Views 0 Comments

Airbus has successfully completed a flight demonstration of a connected airborne battlespace scenario, centred on a MRTT aircraft. The test

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New Zealand News Science & Technology 

New Zealand decide to replace 50-year-old Hercules

12/06/201914/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3552 Views 0 Comments

New Zealand’s Defence Minister Ron Mark announced yesterday the selection of the C-130J-30 Super Hercules as the preferred option for

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AWD Hobart on initial sea trials, 2016. Photo courtesy the AWD Alliance.
Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology 

HMAS Hobart’s Aegis Combat System ‘light off’

12/06/201913/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3975 Views 0 Comments

Lockheed Martin Australia in support of the Royal Australian Navy has conducted a successful ‘light off’ of the Aegis Combat

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An ARH Tiger from the Army Aviation Training Centre at Oakey practices flying under-wires. The ability for the aircraft to use terrain masking greatly increases survivability against an enemy with advanced weaponry, increasing lethality and reconnaissance ability. Photo by Bradley Richardson.
Australian Australian Army News Science & Technology 

Tiger helicopter hits power lines in Queensland

11/06/201911/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6856 Views 1 Comment

An Oakey-based Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) with a crew of two made an emergency landing in south-east Queensland earlier today.

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Chief of Navy Rear Admiral David Proctor addresses guests at the official Commissioning Ceremony for HMNZS Manawanui. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Science & Technology 

HMNZS Manawanui commissioned by PM Jacinda Ardern

07/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3572 Views 1 Comment

. The Royal New Zealand Navy’s future dive and hydrographic vessel was formally commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Navy

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Shortfin Barracuda Block 1A wins Australian submarine competition.
Australian News Science & Technology 

New submarine acoustics research funded

28/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2848 Views 0 Comments

Defence has signed a three-year collaboration agreement with universities and industry to develop new acoustic materials that will make Australian

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The future Royal New Zealand Navy dive and hydrographic vessel at Devonport Naval Base. Photo by Mike Millett, AirflowNZ.
New Zealand News Overseas Science & Technology Videos 

New Zealand’s new dive tender delivered

19/05/201931/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5191 Views 0 Comments

The Royal New Zealand Navy’s future dive and hydrographic vessel arrived at Devonport Naval Base Auckland this week. CAPTION: The

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Australian Army soldiers from 1RAR fire an 84mm Carl-Gustaf weapon at High Range Training Area near Townsville. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Australian News Science & Technology 

NIOA starts 84mm production at Benalla

15/05/201915/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3551 Views 0 Comments

NIOA announced today that it has commenced operations at the Commonwealth-owned munitions facility at Benalla. FILE PHOTO: Soldiers from 1RAR

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Boilermaker Kane Ramsay and Document Editor Lauren Pitman prepare to assist Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Michael Noonan to lay a traditional coin under the keel of the future HMAS Arafura. Photo supplied by ASC.
Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology 

Official keel-laying ceremony for first Arafura class

10/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3587 Views 0 Comments

The first Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel reached a significant milestone today with a ceremonial keel laying ceremony at the Osborne

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US Navy tests 5-inch Excalibur N5. Raytheon photo.
News Overseas Science & Technology USA Videos 

US Navy tests 5-inch Excalibur precision

09/05/201909/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3699 Views 0 Comments

Raytheon and the US Navy completed a new round of successful Excalibur N5 munition test firings in the US this week

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Raytheon’s troposcatter system transmitting during U.S. Army field testing. The system works by scattering signals in the troposphere to overcome the limits of terrain and the potential loss of satellite availability. Raytheon image.
News Overseas Science & Technology USA 

US Army’s $billion$ ‘Wi-Fi from the sky’

06/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2528 Views 0 Comments

Raytheon will deliver new troposcatter communication systems to the US Army as part of a 10-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract worth up

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One of the first two Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning Joint Strike Fighters flies overhead RAAF Base Williamtown on delivery day. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology 

F-35s begin ground-attack training at Salt Ash

06/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4062 Views 0 Comments

No. 3 Squadron from RAAF Base Williamtown will conduct the first training for F-35A Joint Strike Fighter over the Salt Ash

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Flying Officer Josh Suh, Logistics Officer with Headquarters Air Mobility Group - Capability Development Cell, connects to the Ka-Band SATCOM during a technology-demonstrator trial. Photo by Corporal David Gibbs.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology 

More Hercules to get broadband Internet

02/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3136 Views 0 Comments

Beginning later this year, the first of an additional five RAAF C-130J Hercules will be fitted with high-speed Internet during

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Raytheon-built, ATV-mounted, high-energy laser system. Raytheon photo.
News Overseas Science & Technology USA 

Raytheon sends drones to HEL

02/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3387 Views 0 Comments

US Air Force personnel used Raytheon-built microwave systems and high-energy lasers to bring down dozens of small drones, flying alone and in

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A range of (inert) 155mm Assegai ammunition on display at the NIOA stand at Land Forces 2018 in Adelaide. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Australian News Science & Technology 

NIOA lands huge German Army order before building factory

30/04/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4450 Views 0 Comments

NIOA welcomes the announcement by joint-venture partner Rheinmetall Waffe Munitions [RWM] that the first orders for artillery shells from the

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A pair of RAAF EA-18G Growlers en route to the Australian International Airshow at Avalon. Photo by Sergeant Mick Both.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology 

Growler achieves Initial Operating Capability

30/04/201930/04/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2618 Views 1 Comment

Initial Operating Capability (IOC) has been achieved for the EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft. FILE PHOTO (2017): A pair of RAAF

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Royal New Zealand Navy's future HMNZS Aotearoa floats free for the first time. RNZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas Science & Technology Videos 

Largest RNZN ship launched

26/04/201926/04/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5125 Views 0 Comments

At a launch ceremony this week, the Royal New Zealand Navy’s first purpose-built ship in 10 years, Aotearoa, finally found

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An F-35A Joint Strike Fighter conducts night operations at RAAF Base Richmond. Photo by Sergeant Christopher Dickson.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology 

Two more F-35 Joint Strike Fighters land in Williamtown

08/04/201908/04/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 11680 Views 1 Comment

Minister for Defence Christopher Pyne and Minister for Defence Industry Linda Reynolds today announced the arrival of the next two

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A SMArt 155 munition is fired from an Australian Army M777 howitzer, from 107 Battery, 4th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, during Exercise Chimera at Shoalwater Bay. Photo by Corporal Kyle Genner.
Australian Australian Army News Science & Technology 

Army praises new SMArt 155mm round after test

05/04/201905/04/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6797 Views 0 Comments

The Australian Army’s Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery (RAA) successfully tested the new Sensor-fused Munition for Artillery (SMArt) 155mm round

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