The Australian Government will accelerate the creation of a $1 billion Sovereign Guided Weapons Enterprise, boosting skilled jobs and helping secure Australia’s sovereign defence capabilities. The Defence will now select a strategic industry partner to operate a sovereign guided weapons…
BAE Systems Australia has announced that it will increase its investment in Australia to support the rapid development of a sovereign high-speed weapons capability. BAE Systems will also draw on the wide-ranging capabilities and expertise across Australian industry and academia…
The newly appointed Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, Christian Porter, has opened the $1.3 billion Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI) for projects in the defence sector. This is underpinned by an industry-led road map, also released by the Minister, showing…
Australian search and surveillance specialist Sentient Vision Systems has announced the first flight of its ViDAR pod system, the VMS-5 (ViDAR Maritime Surveillance) Day/Night Optical Radar pod. The VMS-5 Day/Night pod is the first of a range of ViDAR surveillance…
The Australian Government has awarded Lockheed Martin Australia’s STELaRLaB in Melbourne a $9 million contract to develop an integrated system that can detect and neutralise improvised threats. The contract was awarded as part of Defence’s Counter Improvised Threat Grand Challenge…