WA-based aeronautical technology company Innovaero Technologies has been awarded membership of the Commonwealth’s Defence Industry Security Program (DISP). DISP membership will enable Innovaero to work on information and assets managed by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) as well as Australian…
Optus has announced that Mitsubishi Electric – MELCO - has joined Raytheon Australia and Thales Australia in its team bidding for prime contractorship on Defence’s $3 billion Satellite Communications (SATCOM) program, JP9102 Australia Defence Communication System. JP9102 is designed to…
Defence has signed a $5.13 million contract with Deakin University to continue its development of a cutting-edge augmented and virtual naval firefighting system for the Australian Defence Force. Researchers at Deakin, in partnership with technology companies Kellogg, Brown & Root…
Thales Australia has announced a $6 million investment in advanced manufacturing equipment at the Commonwealth-owned Mulwala munitions facility in regional New South Wales, to rapidly accelerate sovereign guided weapons manufacturing capability. Thales’s investment in new large-scale preparation and mixing equipment…
The Australian Government has named four new Sovereign Industrial Capability Priorities (SICPs) to ensure Australia’s industry is able to support the critical warfighting capabilities of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said the four new…