Tag: Defence

Defence runs as silent as its subs on innovation program

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Defence department is running as silent as the nuclear submarines it plans to acquire about the future of its innovation programs, much to the frustration of small commercial...

Govt-wide ban looms for China-linked cameras

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Attorney General has sought advice on a government-wide ban of surveillance equipment linked to the Chinese Communist Party after an unofficial audit found at least 900 devices being...

Navy drops 20k a day on consultant-led cyber uplift

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Department of Defence will pay consultants more than $20,000 every day for the next 18 months to test the Navy’s cyber hygiene after years of government uplift programs....

IBM contracts surge after whole of government deal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Canberra’s largest government agencies have stuck multi-year deals with IBM worth more than $350 million following the arrival of the renegotiated whole-of-government agreement earlier this month. The Department of...

Defence data centre support deal passes $2bn

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
American defence and IT services giant Leidos will be paid more than $2.6 million a week over the next two years to continue supporting Defence’s data centre and network...

$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...