Spanish Armada ship bound for Australia
Spanish Armada ship F-105 ESPS Cristóbal Colón has departed the Ferrol naval station, complete with a detachment of five Royal Australian Navy (RAN) personnel.
NAVAL • Sun, 29 Jan 2017
Victorian government launches campaign to secure defence contracts
A new advertising campaign showcasing excellence in Victoria’s defence industry has been unveiled by the Andrews Labor government to help secure major defence contracts, ...
JOINT-CAPABILITIES • Sun, 29 Jan 2017
New Defence Innovation Partnership
Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne has announced the establishment of the Defence Innovation Partnership between the Defence Science and Technology (DST) ...
JOINT-CAPABILITIES • Thu, 26 Jan 2017
Defence Minister meets with farming, business and community representatives in Rockhampton
The Department of Defence will now complete its analysis of proposed land acquisition as part of the Military Training Agreement with Singapore within four weeks, and ...
LAND • Thu, 26 Jan 2017
Minister for Defence and US Secretary of Defense speak
US Secretary of Defense James Mattis spoke by phone with Australian Minister for Defence Marise Payne to discuss the US–Australia defence relationship.
JOINT-CAPABILITIES • Wed, 25 Jan 2017
ANU scientists create ‘Star Wars’ like holograms, could have military applications
Australian National University physicists have invented a tiny device that creates the highest quality holographic images ever achieved, opening the door to imaging ...
JOINT-CAPABILITIES • Tue, 24 Jan 2017
Australian scientists develop world first naval acoustic signature model
The Australian Rapid Assessment Tool (AusRAT), developed by Defence Science and Technology Group (DST) in partnership with Frazer-Nash Consultancy over several years, is ...
NAVAL • Mon, 23 Jan 2017
New era of counter-drone combat begins
Department 13 has commercially launched its flagship counter-drone product, MESMER Version 1.0, a patented, low-power, non-jamming, non-line of sight, non-kinetic drone ...
JOINT-CAPABILITIES • Mon, 23 Jan 2017
Australian SME selected for Virgin Galactic’s human spaceflight systems
While most small companies were taking a break over Christmas, Brisbane-based Absolute Data Group (ADG) was busy training Virgin Galactic staff in using its highly ...
JOINT-CAPABILITIES • Sun, 22 Jan 2017