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A STRIX mockup unveiled on the BAE Systems stand at the Avalon Airshow. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Australian News Science & Technology 

BAE Systems unveils innovative new Aussie drone

28/02/202328/02/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3458 Views 0 Comments Avalon Airshow

On day one at the International Airshow at Avalon, BAE Systems Australia unveiled a hybrid, tandem-wing, multi-domain and multi-role unmanned

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Ben and Kate Hibbert, assisted by Warrant Officer Class 2 Craig Jeffery, view the ‘Windows to the Past’ Anglesea Barracks Augmented Reality application. Story by Private Nicholas Marquis. Photo by Sergeant William Guthrie.
Australian Army History News Science & Technology 

Step back in time at Anglesea Barracks

27/02/202304/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1513 Views 0 Comments Anglesea Barracks

Imagine stepping back more than 200 years with a pair of glasses. CAPTION: Ben and Kate Hibbert, assisted by Warrant

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Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Piggott from Defence Space Command talking with other ADF team members on Exercise Global Sentinel 22 in California. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers.
Australian Army News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology USA 

Royal Australian Navy recruiting for Space Command

15/02/202317/02/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2587 Views 0 Comments Defence Space Command

While it heavily relies on satellites, Navy has the smallest representation within Defence Space Command. CAPTION: Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Piggott

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Commander Australian Fleet Rear Admiral Chris Smith tests a Defence Force Recruiting virtual reality headset at Russell Offices in Canberra. Story by Petty Officer Jake Badior. Photo by Leading Seaman Tara Morrison.
News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology 

Navy life at the touch of a button

15/02/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1601 Views 0 Comments Commander Australian Fleet, Defence Force Recruiting, STEM, Virtual Reality (VR)

The Navy is using 360-degree virtual reality (VR) technology to bring its people, ships and submarines to communities around Australia.

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Workers at BAE Systems Maritime Australia use the Hunter digital simulation tool to help optimise the Hunter-class frigate program schedule at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia. Story by Emma Taylor.
News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology Sovereign industry 

Digital shipyard tool boosts program

03/02/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1196 Views 0 Comments BAE Systems Maritime, Hunter-class frigate

BAE Systems Maritime Australia, who will deliver nine state-of-the-art Hunter-class frigates for Navy, have further enhanced the shipbuilding process by

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A Bristol Bloodhound surface-to-air missile on display in Williamtown, NSW, during Air Force week in 1966. Story by Bill Condie. Photo Courtesy AWM P00448.034.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology 

Looking back at missile testing in Australia

27/01/202328/01/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1528 Views 0 Comments DSTG

Lessons learnt from British missile testing gave Australia decades of advantage. This history article tells the story of Defence Science

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Director General Warfare Innovation, Royal Australian Navy, Commodore Darron Kavanagh inspects the ‘Dive-LD’ autonomous underwater vehicle. Photos by Dan Gosse Images.
News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology USA 

Ghost Shark a stealthy ‘game-changer’

16/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2511 Views 2 Comments extra-large autonomous underwater vehicles (XL-AUVs), Ghost Shark

An autonomous robotic undersea warfare vehicle is being designed and manufactured in Australia for the Royal Australian Navy. CAPTION: Director

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Arrival of the first P-8A Poseidon 4801 to RNZAF Base Ohakea, New Zealand. RNZAF photo.
New Zealand News Science & Technology 

New Zealand’s first Poseidon delivered

15/12/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1807 Views 0 Comments

Royal New Zealand Air Force’s first of four new multi-mission long-range maritime patrol aircraft has arrived in New Zealand and

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From left, Privates Shane Bagley, Frank Atkinson, Jack Dawes and Aleksandar Radovic in front of the first live-fire range-in-a-box in HMAS Adelaide. Story by Lieutenant Peter Kuschert. Photo by Leading Seaman Sittichai Sakonpoonpol.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology Videos 

Innovation enabled soldiers to use live ammo at sea

07/12/202207/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2931 Views 1 Comment 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, HMAS Adelaide, Indo-Pacific Endeavour, live-fire range-in-a-box (LFRiB)

Innovation enabled Australian soldiers on Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022 to take part in various live-fire training serials on board HMAS Adelaide

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B-21 Raider unveiled 2 December 2022. Official photo.
News Science & Technology USA 

B-21 Raider (RAAF F-111 replacement?) unveiled

03/12/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7722 Views 16 Comments

Northrop Grumman and the US Air Force today unveiled the B-21 Raider. CAPTION: B-21 Raider unveiled 2 December 2022. Official

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Wing Commander Keirin Joyce, Program Chief Engineer of Air Force’s Future Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems Programs Office at the World of Drones and Robotics Congress. Story by Jake Zappia.
News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology 

ADF and industry celebrate drone innovation

25/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1405 Views 0 Comments UAS, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS)

The successful partnership between Defence and industry in the development of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) technologies has been highlighted at

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Defence scientists Mr Alex Rohl, right, and Dr Susannah Whitney, second from left, feature on a panel at PAX Aus 2022. Story by Sophie Calabretto.
ADF Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology 

Cyber skills to strengthen Defence training

15/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1610 Views 0 Comments DST, DSTO

Defence scientists featured on an expert panel at Australia’s largest gaming convention in October, discussing the use of game techniques,

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A Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk flies without pilots. Sikorsky photo.
News Science & Technology USA Videos 

Black Hawk flies without pilots

05/11/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2704 Views 0 Comments Black Hawk, DARPA, Sikorsky

Sitting on the runway in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, one of Sikorsky’s pilots in an S-70 Black Hawk helicopter flips the

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Sergeant Nitin Biswas operates virtual reality equipment at the 2022 Land Forces expo. Story and photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree.
Australian Army News Science & Technology 

Virtual training the new reality

19/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1946 Views 0 Comments 3rd Battalion RAR, Land Forces Conference, Virtual Reality (VR)

Practising drills without touching a weapon or attacking live enemies without stepping outside is now possible thanks to the virtual

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Insitu Pacific's Integrator tactical uncrewed aerial system. Photo by Captain Cody Tsaousis.
Australian Army News Science & Technology 

New training course for new Army drone

29/09/202229/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3487 Views 0 Comments Integrator, Shadow 200 UAS

Army’s new tactical uncrewed aerial system (TUAS) has reached a significant milestone, with personnel from 20 Regt, RAA, Army Aviation

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Captain Zac Bryant, from 6th Engineer Support Regiment, with students during the bridge-building challenge on Ultimate Classroom. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph. Photo from Channel 10.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology Sovereign industry 

ADF personnel mentor Queensland STEM students

27/09/202229/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1499 Views 0 Comments STEM, Ultimate Classroom

Nine personnel from technical trades recently mentored 18 Queensland high-school STEM students on a new education program called Ultimate Classroom.

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Artist's impression of a Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile, courtesy of Raytheon Missiles & Defense.
News Science & Technology USA 

US Air Force selects contractors to deliver first hypersonic cruise missiles

23/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2441 Views 1 Comment HACM, Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile, SCIFiRE, scramjet

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, in partnership with Northrop Grumman, have been selected to develop the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile for

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Australia's newest F-35A Lightning II aircraft A35-053 and A35-054 arrive at RAAF Base Williamtown in New South Wales, at the end of their ferry flight during exercise Lightning Ferry 22-3. Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett.
News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology USA Videos 

Four more F-35s delivered to Australia

17/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3093 Views 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II

Exercise Lightning Ferry 22-3 was conducted from 24 August to 2 September 2022, seeing the arrival of four more F-35A

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Australia's first MQ-4C Triton. Photo supplied by Northrop Grumman.
News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology USA 

Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton unveiled

15/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2449 Views 0 Comments

Northrop Grumman today unveiled Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton autonomous aircraft with a ceremony at its high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) aircraft production

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A scene from the Commissioning Ceremony for HMS Anson at Barrow, UK, 31 August 2022. UK MoD photo by Corporal Tim Hammond.
News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology UK 

Aussie submariners to train on UK nuclear sub

01/09/202201/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2644 Views 1 Comment Nuclear Powered Submarine Taskforce

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace have announced that Royal Australian Navy submariners

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