Twelve Australian research teams and Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SME) have reaped the benefits of a Defence program designed to help them identify real-world applications for their science or technology. The eight-week D.Start program is delivered under Defence’s Next Generation Technologies Fund…
After a year in stealth mode, SEVEN SISTERS, Australia’s first Lunar Exploration Mission, has been unveiled by Adelaide based satellite startup Fleet Space Technologies. SEVEN SISTERS is the Australian Lunar Exploration Mission to send nanosatellites and exploration sensors to the…
South Korean defence group Hanwha has signed a major agreement with the US military on collaborative R&D of key defence items and technologies. The Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) was signed on 10 December by the US Army Combat…
Attempts at airborne retrieval of three UAVs, nicknamed Gremlins, were just inches from success in a DARPA flight test program that started on October 28. Each X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle (GAV) flew for more than two hours, successfully validating all…
The US Air Force’s Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) has awarded contracts to three companies to produce missionized Skyborg prototypes with the ability to fly in experimentation events while teaming with manned aircraft. The contracts were awarded to: The…