The federal government will consider widening the defence export controls regime to capture the supply of any goods and services that may prejudice the national interest and new $50...
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Controversial changes to Australia’s Defence trade controls have torn through the committee process, receiving a green light more than a month ahead of schedule so a bill can be...
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A licence-free export arrangement for technologies with dual civilian and military uses represents a commercial opportunity for Australia, according to the United States’ under secretary for arms control and...
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Defence will launch a trilateral AUKUS innovation challenge on electronic warfare within months and move towards a foreign sales arrangement where government act as an intermediary, as the Albanese...
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A new Defence Industry Development Strategy has halved the number of sovereign capability priorities to seven and simplified grants in a bid to create a more streamlined approach to...
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The federal government will establish a new ‘tripartite’ Defence Industry Council made up of representatives from government, industry and the unions to oversee the development of a sovereign defence...
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The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator’s inaugural appeal for long-term R&D projects has been met with an overwhelming response, with nearly 180 proposals submitted by industry and universities. The proposals...
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Defence is still examining the “paper trail” of potential conflicts in its $515 million defence data project after its own data lead left in 2019 to join KPMG, the...
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Melbourne-based autonomous subsea drone developer C2 Robotics has landed a further $6 million contract from Defence to take its Speartooth vessel into rigorous real-world testing and progress tooling work...
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Technology advancement is critical, but it is not the only essential ingredient for the success of AUKUS Pillar II. Without progress on two unheralded ‘functional’ areas – information sharing...
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The federal government has dropped an additional $400 million on its ‘Ghost Bat’ collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) to secure three working prototypes of a next-generation ‘Block Two’ version of...
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Australian defence scientists have carried out a series of trial electronic attacks against robotic vehicles operated by the United States and the United Kingdom as part of the latest...
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The Defence department’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator has signed contracts worth $1.21 million for the delivery of 11 different prototype drones as its first innovation incubation challenge moves to...
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Australia and Japan will work together to develop capabilities in robotic and autonomous systems for undersea warfare as part of a new research agreement. The research project, focused on...