Tag: Defence

AUKUS tech trade reforms set for sign-off

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Australia and United States are poised to unlock billions of dollars in licence-free defence trade on within weeks after the US agreed to sign off on legislation enabling AUKUS...

Defence adopts a digital engineering practice

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Australia’s Defence department will adopt an increasingly data-driven approach to its engineering processes, taking inspiration from the US Department of Defense. The new approach, outlined in Defence’s first Digital...

Defence sinks another $20m into robo-subs

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government will pump another $20 million into Defence’s Ghost Shark program to fast-track the production of sovereign-built unmanned military submarines. The new funding comes just months after...

Defence in digital hiring spree after contractor edict

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Defence’s digital arm will add hundreds of new in-house staff to its ranks within the next year as the department looks to end its reliance on contractors, chief information...

Defence data centre support deal hits $2.6b

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Defence’s long-running data centre support deal with Leidos has surpassed $2.5 billion after the American defence and IT service giant picked up a $156 million top-up for its main...

Defence doubles primes in global supply chain program

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Defence has almost doubled the number of multinational prime contractors it is paying to engage with local businesses through its long-running Global Supply Chain Program. Defence Industry minister Pat...

Silentium delivers for Defence battle system

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Adelaide-based Silentium, a deep tech startup spun out of Defence, has delivered its first passive radar systems to Australia’s $620 million Joint Air Battle Management System project ahead of...

Defence innovation network goes national

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A research network that provides universities and industry with a direct link to Defence has become national with the addition of the Northern Territory’s Charles Darwin University. Charles Darwin...

Defence drops $100m on local and overseas drones

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A new fleet of reconnaissance drones will be acquired by the Australian Defence Force under a $100 million-plus deal with Germany’s Quantum-Systems and Australia’s own SYPAQ Systems. The federal...