Tag: Defence

$2m Defence innovation review dead and buried

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A $2 million review of Australia’s defence innovation system looks unlikely to ever be released after the former Coalition government sat on it for five months and the Department...

Potential AUKUS benefits still facing barriers

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
AUKUS stakeholders have warned the trilateral security pact faces many barriers beyond nuclear submarines, flagging fundamental issues around talent, export controls and culture in a new report released on...

Consulting giants, DXC join IBM on $1bn-plus Defence SAP project

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Consulting giants Accenture and Deloitte and DXC Technology have been brought in to work on the final phase of Defence’s multi-billion-dollar enterprise resource planning (ERP) system project. The Department...

Defence gives KPMG another $11m to finish its analytics tool

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Defence will pay KPMG more than $5 million a year to finish building and support a data modelling tool the consultants have already spent two-and-a-half-years developing under a contract...

Australia works to soften US defence export controls for AUKUS

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
AUKUS partners are working to amend the defence technology export controls, which are limiting the development of local defence manufacturing, Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security chair Peter...

Aust, UK to deepen non-AUKUS defence research ties

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia and the United Kingdom will deepen defence research ties as early bilateral quantum tech collaboration shows signs of success, according to the top defence scientists from both nations....

New defence research agency missing from Budget

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The federal government remains committed to the defence science research agency promised ahead of the election, despite no mention of it in last week’s budget. In April, Labor announced...

Undersea drone development stymied by regulatory gaps

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Regulatory gaps are holding back the deployment of undersea drones and other autonomous marine vehicles, according to the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Representatives from the Australian Institute of...