Defence minister Richard Marles says he is considering options to accelerate the development of a local nuclear-powered submarine building industry but won’t rule out entirely foreign-made vessels to plug...
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has launched a Defence Strategic Review to examine investment priorities to ensure sufficient capabilities are maintained, among other priorities. According to the terms of reference...
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The AUKUS Joint Steering Groups met at the Pentagon last week ahead of the tenth Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the United...
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Australia faces its “most complex” strategic circumstance since the Second World War, Defence minister Richard Marles said Wednesday, urging Australia’s researchers to form more partnerships that build technological capabilities...
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CSIRO has secured the largest government contract to date from the Defence Innovation Hub to develop advanced respiratory protective equipment for the Australian Defence Force. The respirator technology was...
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The Department of Defence is ramping up investment in training army personnel in SAP software over the next 18 months, as hundreds of its business processes are consolidated on...
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The Department of Defence has revealed more detail on the diverse multi-vendor ‘Secret’ Cloud Services it is seeking, including the need to “rapidly establish” infrastructure with deals potentially being...
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The Department of Defence will pay KPMG $55 million a year to be the lead systems integrator on its massive data uplift program, less than a year after the...
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The Department of Defence has unveiled details of a planned approach to market to transform its information technology operating environment to progressively establish diverse multi-vendor ‘Secret’ Cloud Services hosted...
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Better data and public reporting is needed as a starting point to improve Indigenous recruitment and retention in Defence, particularly around STEM and cyber, a new Australian Strategic Policy...
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The University of Adelaide in partnership with the University of New South Wales is the second recipient of $50 million through the federal government’s trailblazer program to support innovation...
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The federal government on Thursday announced nine new Defence Innovation Hub contracts together worth $19 million for companies developing technologies ranging from advanced radar and cameras to cheap “swarming”...
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Australia will develop hypersonic missiles and counter defences in partnership with the United States and United Kingdom under an expansion of the allies’ trilateral security pact announced overnight. Other...
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The Department of Defence has called in US consultants to develop a digital twin of its ‘future Army’, which it intends to use for cost, personnel and equipment decisions...