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Veteran-owned Australian defence company Proteus Maritime and South Australian electronics design and manufacturing company Hendon Semiconductors have signed a strategic partnership agreement at Land Forces 2026.
The agreement is designed to accelerate the development and delivery at scale of Proteus Maritime’s Tripwire system, an Australian seabed sensor network designed to enhance subsea situational awareness.
Tripwire is an Australian-developed seabed sensor network that creates an underwater mesh communications network, capable of providing secure, persistent and reliable long-range data to decision makers in near real time. The partnership enables Tripwire to be delivered at scale, in Australia at an affordable price point.
The collaboration demonstrates how Australian small and medium-sized businesses can work together and self-fund research and development in response to Defence’s evolving priorities and a deteriorating strategic environment.
The ability to translate novel technologies into scalable, sovereign manufacturing capability is critical to delivering the asymmetric advantage required in the modern battlespace.
Hendon Semiconductors brings decades of expertise in analogue and digital electronic systems, together with an established track record in Defence manufacturing, assembly and testing. These capabilities will support Proteus Maritime in scaling the production of Tripwire, ensuring the capacity, reliability and availability needed to meet evolving operational requirements, according to a public statement from Hendon Semiconductors.
The partnership reflects a shared commitment to strengthening Australia’s sovereign Defence industrial base and demonstrating how Australian innovation, backed by domestic manufacturing expertise, can deliver operational capability at scale.
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