Australia’s national science agency will help modernise the Royal Australian Navy’s electronic warfare capabilities under an initial $21 million contract, joining the multi-decade program currently led by multinational defence...
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Defence’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator has selected two undisclosed companies for its first mission, signing contracts collectively worth $61.5 million after a period of co-design. Defence Industry minister Pat Conroy...
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Mesh network radio technology allowing a new fleet of reconnaissance drones to securely communicate with the Australian Defence Force will be made in South Australia under a new $15...
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The federal government has detailed plans for an additional $262.4 million to be spent supporting domestic defence industry participation in the nuclear submarine supply chain being developed as part...
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Defence has extended its engagement with Accenture for aircraft maintenance software for another three years, handing the tech services giant another $28 million for work it has led for...
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A new centre has been stood up in Defence to coordinate artificial intelligence policy and scale its use of the technology in line with a responsible AI policy that...
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Defence has revised up its spending on a planned military-grade satellite communication system that was cancelled 18 months after Lockheed Martin was selected, putting the new cost at $102...
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A Senate inquiry into the Department of Defence’s support for local industry has wrapped up without offering any recommendations to boost sovereign capability or address procurement deficiencies. The Senate...
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Australia’s fledgling submarine agency has turned to McKinsey to finish off its industry plan, handing the controversial consultancy more than $43,000 a day as the government runs up against...
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Australia will conduct a series of hypersonic vehicle tests with its AUKUS partners under a new agreement designed to accelerate the development of the dual-use technology. The agreement, announced...
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The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator has awarded more than $60 million in long-term R&D contracts to local quantum and defence tech companies, universities and the CSIRO. Analog Quantum Circuits,...
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Bureaucratic and technical jargon obscured critical risks to Defence’s troubled clearance system from top brass and ministers, while contractors were able to influence the direction of outsourced work. That’s...
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AI and machine learning is this focus of the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator’s second round of long-term research and development partnerships, which opened to applications on Monday. The Advanced...
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Defence spent $90 million before cancelling a tender process, which had already selected Lockheed Martin, to own and operate three to five geostationary satellites, officials have revealed. The satellite...