AllMission Systems showcases SEA 1905 simulation software
Australian robotics company Mission Systems has shown off its mission simulator and AI-based Automatic Target Recognition training software in support of the Royal Australian Navy’s SEA 1905 project. The NSW-based robotics company previously signed a memorandum of understanding with Exail to collaborate on the development of mine countermeasure technology to support Exail’s push to secure the […]
Australia listed in US special warfare assault kits contract
The US Department of Defense has announced a US$137,861,955 contract to develop and sustain the system-of-systems special warfare assault kit with General Dynamic Information Technology. The single-award contract will support special warfare acquisition growth and refresh the Guardian Angel and tactical air control party modernisation programs, according to information released in contracts on 5 […]
Success! Rocket Lab’s NASA launch blasts off without a hitch
Rocket Lab’s launch of two NASA cubesats designed to monitor cyclones went without a hitch on Monday. The blast off from its Launch Complex 1 at Mahia, New Zealand — which you can watch in full here – will be followed within weeks by the launch of two more satellites to complete the constellation. “Each pair of […]
Australia supports French led Pacific disaster relief exercise
USTRALIA SUPPORTS FRENCH LED PACIFIC DISASTER RELIEF EXERCISE More than 240 Australian Defence Force (ADF) and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) personnel have returned from New Caledonia after participating in Exercise Croix du Sud 2023. Led by the French Armed Forces in New Caledonia (FANC), Croix du Sud is a Humanitarian […]
New agency and new regulator to deliver Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine program
NEW AGENCY AND NEW REGULATOR TO DELIVERAUSTRALIA’S NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINE PROGRAM The Albanese Government will establish a new agency and a new regulator as part of its commitment to delivering Australia’s conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarines. The Australian Submarine Agency (ASA) will be established by Executive Order and be responsible and accountable for the management and […]
US Navy prepares to sell littoral combat ships
The US Navy is preparing to offload two of its Independence Class littoral combat ships into the foreign military sale market during the financial year 2024. The USS Jackson (LCS-6) and USS Montgomery (LCS-8) are part of a significant decommissioning plan laid out in a Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels for […]
Australia joins ‘nuclear sub exclusive club’ during PM’s UK tour
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been welcomed to the “exclusive club of countries with nuclear-powered submarines” while touring submarine shipyards in the United Kingdom. Prime Minister Albanese toured the UK from 2 to 6 May to represent Australia at the Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort. […]
Australia requests towed array tech to detect submarines
The US State Department has approved a possible US$207 million foreign military sale of towed sensor array equipment for the Australian government. Under the sale, Australia would receive Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Expeditionary (SURTASS-E) mission systems for vessels of opportunity, related equipment, a shore processing mission system, spare SURTASS passive acoustic array, classified […]
Commonwealth appoints senior officer to head GWEO
Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy has today appointed a senior officer to head the Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise, following recommendations within the Defence Strategic Review. The Commonwealth has announced today that Air Vice-Marshal Leon Phillips OAM has been appointed as the inaugural Chief of the GWEO Group. As part of the […]
RAN surface combatants to get beefed up anti-ship missile defences
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy has announced a $180 million commitment over the next five years to modernise and enhance the anti-ship missile defences of the Royal Australian Navy’s major surface combatants. Rheinmetall Defence Australia signed a contract to build Multi-Ammunition Softkill System (MASS) to equip Anzac Class frigates and Hobart Class destroyers with […]