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Sovereign industry

A traditional smoking ceremony has cleansed the site of the $31 million Land 400 Armoured Vehicle Simulation Centre at Lavarack Barracks, Townsville.
ADF Australian Army News Sovereign industry 

Construction starts on Armoured Fighting Vehicles Simulation Centre at Lavarack

25/05/202129/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2166 Views 0 Comments

Works have begun on the three-storey Armoured Fighting Vehicles Simulation Centre at Lavarack Barracks in Townsville.

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Moog Australia Managing Director, Bryan O'Connor, left, Victorian Defence Industry Advocate John O'Callaghan, centre, and Director General Joint Strike Fighter Air Commodore Damien Keddie, right, at Factory Four in Heatherton, Victoria. Story by Lawrence Dutrieux.
ADF Sovereign industry 

New facility to boost ADF capabilities

25/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1629 Views 0 Comments

Defence and industry collaboration has been showcased again this month with the official opening of Moog Australia’s new $2 million facility

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HMAS Hobart fires an SM2 missile. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Cameron Martin.
Australian News Sovereign industry 

NIOA plays for lead in Sovereign Guided Weapons Enterprise

24/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2172 Views 0 Comments

NIOA has announced its bid to enter the massive Australian sovereign guided-missiles manufacturing program.

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Lance Corporal Sean Barton, 1st Combat Service Support Battalion, prepares a WarpSPEE3D printer for parts manufacture during Exercise Buffalo Run at Mount Bundey Training Area, NT. Photo by Corporal Rodrigo Villablanca.
Australian News Science & Technology Sovereign industry 

SPEE3D’s deployable 3D metal printing receives innovation award

18/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2541 Views 0 Comments

SPEE3D will take home the ADMA Foundation’s Land Forces 2021 SME Innovation Award for its deployable metal 3d printer.

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Micro X Rover, deployable X-ray machine. Background photo by Sergeant Bill Solomou.
Australian News Science & Technology Sovereign industry 

Hospital-grade X-rays available for field hospitals – innovation award winner

18/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2354 Views 0 Comments

Adelaide company Micro-X has won the Land Forces 2021 National Innovation Award for inventing and manufacturing Rover, a lightweight go-anywhere

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AVT's CM62 Micro Gimbal and inset for sense of size. Images supplied.
Australian News Sovereign industry 

World-class Aussie micro gimbal demonstrated to Defence

13/05/202113/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2626 Views 0 Comments

AVT Australia has demonstrated its innovative CM62 Micro Gimbal to key personnel in Defence.

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Ship’s company of Royal Solomon Islands Patrol Vessel Taro line the upper deck after boarding their vessel for the first time following a formal handover ceremony at Henderson, WA. Photo by Able Seaman Annabelle Reidy.
Australian News Pacific Sovereign industry 

Solomon Islands receives second Pacific patrol boat replacement

08/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2867 Views 0 Comments

The Solomon Islands has received its second Guardian-class patrol boat under Australia’s Pacific Maritime Security Program.

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Director of Mission Systems PTY David Battle discusses with Captain Etienne Mulder from the Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving Group about the use of a generator used to jam mine firing systems. Story by Lieutenant Commander Alan Parton.
Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology Sovereign industry 

Tech paves way for future anti-mine capabilities

02/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1971 Views 0 Comments

The RAN could soon use remote autonomous systems to jam mine explosives under a new program being explored through industry

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Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price, Defence Industry Secondee Australian Army Major Mark Vermeer and Founder of Jenkins Engineering Defence Systems Peter Jenkins during the launch of the Defence Industry Secondment Program.
ADF Sovereign industry 

Defence building key relationships with industry

27/04/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1326 Views 0 Comments

Defence staff are being given the opportunity to learn from Australian businesses. The innovative Defence Industry Secondment Program is a

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The Whiskey Project Group's tactical watercraft conducts trials on Sydney Harbour. Photo by Able Seaman Benjamin Ricketts.
Australian News Sovereign industry 

The Whiskey Project wins major innovation boost

26/04/202126/04/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4710 Views 1 Comment

The the Whiskey Project has won a $7.35million Defence Innovation Hub grant to develop its next-gen high-performance watercraft.

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A Lockheed Martin Long Range Anti-Ship Missile – Surface Launch (LRASM SL) variant in flight. Photo supplied byLockheed Martin.
Australian News Sovereign industry 

Lockheed Martin and Thales form Australian sovereign missile team

22/04/202122/04/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2544 Views 0 Comments

Lockheed Martin and Thales have finalised a teaming agreement for Australian sovereign guided-weapons manufacturing capability.

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Leading Seaman Jackson Setter, left and Navantia Australia engineer Jose Luis Bouza Fernandez stand with a new passageway sign for HMAS Supply. Story by Lieutenant Jessica Craig. Photo by Able Seaman Benjamin Ricketts.
Royal Australian Navy Sovereign industry 

Caps off for industry support

15/04/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1513 Views 0 Comments

Engineer manager Jose Luis Bouza Fernandex  can be proud of the role he played in preparing the crew of HMAS Supply for

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An Australian Army Boxer conducts a water crossing at Greenbank Training Area during a drivers' course. Cropped segment from a Corporal Nicole Dorrett photo.
Australian News Sovereign industry 

Aussie Supashock wins two Rheinmetall contracts

11/04/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3263 Views 0 Comments

Supashock has secured a multi-million dollar export order for running gear suspension systems on Rheinmetall military vehicles in Europe.

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An air warfare destroyer under construction, 'watched' by students.
Australian News Sovereign industry 

Learn naval shipbuilding on line

11/04/202114/04/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1946 Views 0 Comments

A new naval shipbuilding ‘taster course’ endorsed by Australia’s defence industry is set to be rolled out to its first

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HMAS Darwin conducts a Nulka active missile decoy firing. Photo by Able Seaman Sarah Williams.
News Royal Australian Navy Sovereign industry 

Indigenous company to build Nulka assembly plant

09/04/202109/04/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2488 Views 0 Comments

An Indigenous company has a contract to build a $23.9million Nulka assembly and maintenance facility in Orchard Hills, NSW.

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Australian Munitions being loaded for export. Image supplied.
News Sovereign industry 

Australian Munitions chalks up record export year

06/04/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3516 Views 0 Comments

Australian Munitions had a record year, signing more than $30 million in munitions orders to the US, New Zealand, Canada, Asia and Europe.

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Saab MCS Desert Landscape. Supplied.
News Sovereign industry 

Saab selects NSW company for sovereign cammo manufacture

06/04/202106/04/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3068 Views 0 Comments

Saab selected GDS as its Australian-industry partner to locally manufacture Mobile Camouflage Systems and multispectral camouflage screens.

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HMAS Arunta fires an Evolved Sea Sparrow missile off the coast of Western Australia to test its missile systems after undergoing the Anzac Midlife Capability Assurance Program upgrade. Photo by Leading Seaman Ronnie Baltoft.
Australian News Sovereign industry 

Australia to develop own guided-missile manufacturing industry

31/03/202128/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4166 Views 0 Comments

The government will accelerate the creation of a $1 billion Sovereign Guided Weapons Enterprise to build guided missile in Australia.

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Australian Army trainees from the RAAF School of Technical Training compete in the 'World Championship Gumi Race' in Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2015. Photo by WO2 Trevor Thompson.
Australian Army News Sovereign industry 

Army orders new watercraft

24/03/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3052 Views 0 Comments

Two Queensland businesses have been contracted to build seven new watercraft to strengthen the Australian Army’s amphibious capability.

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ScanEagle is launched from the flight deck of HMAS Newcastle, on patrol in the Middle East. Photo by Able Seaman Nicolas Gonzalez.
News Royal Australian Navy Sovereign industry 

30-year UAV project contenders shortlisted

23/03/202124/03/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2344 Views 0 Comments

Defence’s Maritime Unmanned Aircraft System Continuous Development Program has selected five contenders for the procurement phase.

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