Tag: Department of Defence

Gig Guide: Defence on the hunt for new CISO

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The Department of Defence has begun searching for a new chief information security officer following the departure of long-serving tech mandarin Jonathan Dean. Mr Dean, who was appointed Defence...

Defence pays Intelsat $180m to extend satellite lifespan

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Defence has awarded satellite operator Intelsat a $180 million contract to extend the life of a satellite providing ultra-high frequency communications for military operations. The deal will keep Intelsat’s...

Defence rolls out Microsoft Copilot on protected network

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Defence has rolled out Microsoft Copilot to tens of thousands of staff through its protected-level internal network, making it the last of Canberra’s biggest agencies to adopt the AI...

Licence-free defence trade soars under new export regime

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australian defence firms shipped more than $150 million in military goods to the United States and United Kingdom without a licence over the past year under the new export...

ASCA issues undersea navigation challenge to deep techs

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Defence department is seeking industry proposals for an Australian-built undersea navigation system to guide autonomous underwater vehicles through deep ocean waters without GPS assistance. The Advanced Strategic Capabilities...

DroneShield surges past 4,000 systems sold with new US DoD orders

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
ASX-listed counter-drone company DroneShield on Wednesday announced two new contracts worth A$7.9 million with the US Department of Defense, pushing its global deployment past 4,000 systems. The orders cover...

Leidos to lead Defence’s $1.3bn counter-drone project

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
American military contractor Leidos has secured the key role of systems integration partner on Defence’s counter-drone project, beating local defence tech darling DroneShield and others to the deal. Defence...

Defence buys quantum processor from SQC

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Silicon Quantum Computing has entered a multimillion-dollar contract with Defence that will see it provide an Australian-made quantum machine learning processor to make sense of large datasets. The Sydney-based...

Defence industry warns Pillar II plan is half-baked

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Meagre funding and a lack of clarity over the direction of the advanced technologies component of AUKUS is threatening the success of the all-important ‘Pillar II’ initiative, according to...