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Commonwealth commits to boosting guided weapons capability

Minister for Defence and Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has confirmed that the Commonwealth has committed to acquiring the Naval Strike Missile and HIMARS to boost ...

AIR • Wed, 04 Jan 2023

Rheinmetall contracted to modernise sensors for Norwegian NASAMS

Rheinmetall has entered into a contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency to modernise multi-sensor platforms for use onboard the National Advanced ...

JOINT-CAPABILITIES • Wed, 04 Jan 2023

DroneShield’s counter-UAS system protects Brazil’s president-elect from 4 drones at inauguration

ASX-listed DroneShield’s counter-UAS system helped protect Brazil’s president-elect from suspicious drone activity during the nation’s recent presidential inauguration ...

LAND • Wed, 04 Jan 2023

Macquarie Government, Fortem Australia partner to reskill first responders to join cyber industry

Macquarie Government confirmed that it has teamed up with Fortem Australia, pledging to support the recruitment and transfer of first responders into the cyber security ...

JOINT-CAPABILITIES • Tue, 03 Jan 2023

US State Department approves $180m weapons sale to Taiwan

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency confirmed that the US State Department has approved the possible sale of Volcano anti-tank munition-laying systems to the Taipei ...

JOINT-CAPABILITIES • Tue, 03 Jan 2023

IAI’s EROS-C3 satellite enters orbit onboard SpaceX launch vehicle

Israel Aerospace Industries’ EROS-C3 observation satellite successfully entered orbit onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle in late December, where IAI researchers ...

JOINT-CAPABILITIES • Tue, 03 Jan 2023

AV-Comm selected by Lockheed Martin Australia for SouthPAN contract

AV-Comm Space and Defence has won a contract with Lockheed Martin to build and maintain four satellite ground station facilities for the SouthPAN project.

JOINT-CAPABILITIES • Fri, 23 Dec 2022

L3Harris, IAI-ELTA Systems partner to deliver threat detection and response solutions for ADF vehicles

The pair have entered a teaming agreement for the delivery of fire detection and response solutions for use onboard the Australian Defence Force’s armoured fighting ...

LAND • Fri, 23 Dec 2022

Liberal senator concerned about anti-satellite weapons

Protecting Australia’s digital and physical space assets is fundamental to state security ahead of any future conflict, says Liberal senator James Paterson.

JOINT-CAPABILITIES • Thu, 22 Dec 2022