Tag: Pat Conroy

Senate committee looks at Defence support for local industry

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Senate’s Defence, Foreign Affairs and Trade Legislative Committee has set up an inquiry into the performance of the Defence department in supporting the capacity and capability of Australia’s...

Govt overhauls Defence innovation programs with $3.4bn accelerator

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s industry-facing defence innovation programs will be replaced by a new accelerator in a once-in-a-generation overhaul aimed at proving up critical technologies like quantum and hypersonics to fast-track their...

Govt to acquire Australian radar manufacturer for $500m

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The federal government will spend almost $500 million to take majority ownership in Canberra-based military radar manufacturer CEA Technologies, a provider of “critical sovereign capability” to the Royal Australian...

$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...

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...

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...