AllMEDIA RELEASE: CANADA JORN DEAL SUPPLY CHAIN BOOST
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 March 2025 Canberra: AIDN welcomes the $A6.6 billion deal for Canada to buy the proven Australian developed long range Over The Horizon radar system, opening up supply chain opportunities. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed the deal on Wednesday following a phone call with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, describing […]
Research Project Harnesses AI to Strengthen Cyber Defence
DEWC Services, in collaboration with the University of Adelaide and Defence Trailblazer, is leading an advanced research initiative into Hybrid Moving Target Defence (MTD) for container-based cloud environments. This project leverages Reinforcement Learning (RL) to develop an AI-driven cyber defence framework that adapts dynamically to evolving threats. As cyber threats grow in sophistication, traditional static […]
Weekly Media and Intelligence Report 14/03/25
Defence spending call reaches crescendo Former Labor Defence Minister Kym Beazley has backed US calls for Australia to lift defence spending to 3 per cent of GDP. Mr Beazley’s comments came after US president Donald Trump’s head of policy at the Pentagon Eldridge Colby called for Australia to lift its defence spending to 3 per […]
H&B Defence welcomes HII partnership with Commonwealth of Australia
H&B Defence welcomes yesterday’s announcement by the Australian government that it will partner with HII to facilitate extensive supply chain uplift activities across the country in support of the AUKUS tri-nation agreement. The two-year Australian Submarine Supplier Qualification Pilot Program will accelerate the identification and qualification of Australian suppliers and products to meet the unique […]
AIDN NSW Member – Representing Standards Australia on ISO 9001 Quality Management System Standard Requirements revision in Paris
As Quality Management and the Business Processes with Organisations’ Systems are critical to entry and sustaining customer contracts including Defence, Asset Management, Information Security etc, ISO has stood up a Working Group (WG28) to revise ISO 9001. This ISO Management System Standard is embedded within Aerospace, Space, Defence (AS9100D); Land Doa Automotive (IATF 16949); Nuclear […]
Jobs boost for Brisbane as Albanese Government invests $200 million in Navy’s communications system
The Hon Pat Conroy MPMinister for Defence Industry and Capability DeliveryMinister for International Development and the Pacific The Albanese Government is upgrading communication systems on Royal Australian Navy ships under a $200 million program with Boeing Defence Australia that will create dozens of jobs across the Brisbane region. This investment will create more than 50 […]
$569 million contract locks in another decade of jobs in the Hunter
The Hon Richard Marles MPDeputy Prime MinisterMinister for Defence The Hon Pat Conroy MPMinister for Defence Industry and Capability DeliveryMinister for International Development and the Pacific The Albanese Government has ensured the future of the Royal Australian Air Force’s E-7A Wedgetail surveillance aircraft with a $569 million contract that also secures hundreds of highly skilled […]
Weekly Media and Intelligence Report 7/03/25
Cyclone Alfred fuels election timing uncertainty The impact of Cyclone Alfred is the latest factor in Federal election planning. Strong speculation suggested Prime Minister Albanese would call an election this weekend for April 12 but the once in 50-year cyclone and the devastation it could wreak on Brisbane and surrounds means the poll could face […]
Babcock delivers SPUR robots into active service
Image: The SPUR Remote Positioning Vehicles – Light (RPV-L). Photo courtesy of Babcock Australia. Babcock Australasia (Babcock) is providing critical expansion to the counter explosive capability of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) following the successful delivery of a $16 Million fleet of Squad Packable Utility Robots (SPUR), ready for immediate deployment. The SPUR Remote Positioning […]
MEDIA RELEASE: AUKUS Submarine Industry Strategy Charts Way Ahead
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6 March 2025 Canberra: AIDN welcomes the Albanese Governments’ release of the AUKUS Submarine Industry Strategy which details a national whole-of-enterprise effort to foster a sovereign submarine industrial base. The strategy released by Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles on Wednesday, acknowledges Australia can only succeed in acquiring and sustaining conventionally […]