Tag: Defence

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...

Defence data caught up in ransomware attack

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian Defence personnel and public servants are being told to remain vigilant after a Defence ICT contractor was embroiled in a ransomware attack on Monday. A 2018 dataset containing...

Pat Conroy on building sovereign missile manufacturing capability

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
As the Commonwealth government gives “rock-solid backing” to the establishment of an advanced missiles industry, as Lockheed Martin Australia commits $74 million commitment to domestic air and missile defence...

Defence manufacturing worth $1.6bn to Australia

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Defence industry was worth $8.88 billion to the Australian economy in financial year 2020-21, of which around 18 per cent was contributed directly through manufacturing. This is according...

Defence launches new ICT, cybersecurity plans

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Department of Defence has launched a new ICT strategy that recognises the criticality of technology for warfighting capability in an increasingly networked world. It has also used the...