South Korea could develop a small nuclear powered attack submarine fleet within ten years, and deploy them “after the mid-2030’s,” South Korean defence officials told a parliamentary audit committee in Seoul on October 30 | Corey Lee Bell

Australia could become the first country outside France to produce the Mistral, one of the world’s most advanced air defence missile systems | Max Blenkin

Making news on the second day of Indo-Pacific 2025.

ADM understands that the new nuclear-powered submarines are informally referred within Korean shipbuilding circles as KSS-IV, following the KSS-III conventional attack submarines | Ewen Levick

Making news on the first day of Indo-Pacific 2025.

Three months after Japan’s success as chosen supplier of Australia’s new General Purpose frigates, Japanese companies have made their largest ever appearance at an Australian defence expo | Max Blenkin

Kongsberg Defence Australia opens Newcastle office

Kongsberg Defence Australia has officially opened its Newcastle office. The new premises will accommodate Kongsberg Defence Australia’s expanding local workforce.

Thales exports piezoelectric ceramic to Massa

Thales has exported military grade piezo electric ceramic from Australia to United States-based Massa Products. 

NIOA, MBDA to explore MISTRAL missile manufacture in Australia

Australia could become the first country outside of France to produce one of the world’s most advanced air defence missile systems.

BISim to provide synthetic training environment for Hunter frigate test site

Bohemia Interactive Simulations has been awarded a contract to support the Royal Australian Navy’s Hunter Class Frigate Program, providing its Virtual Battlespace software as the synthetic test environment for the Land-Based Test Site.

AMC and ASSIST Maritime to launch maritime engineering hub

A new hub for maritime engineering and innovation will open at the Australian Maritime College’s Launceston campus, part of the University of Tasmania. 

Aerius to supply Hunter frigate HVAC systems

Aerius Marine Australia will deliver the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning systems for the first three Hunter class frigates under a contract with BAE Systems Maritime Australia.

SubSea Craft and Greenroom Robotics sign AUKUS agreement

SubSea Craft and Greenroom Robotics have signed a teaming agreement marking the next step in strengthening collaboration across the AUKUS technology ecosystem.

Four primes propose combat system for SSN-AUKUS

BAE Systems, Raytheon Australia, General Dynamics Mission Systems and Thales propose to lead combat systems for SSN-AUKUS subject to negotiation the Commonwealth of Australia and United Kingdom.

Northrop Grumman completes hollow fibre proof of concept

Northrop Grumman has completed of the proof-of-concept phase of its Hollow Core Optical Fibre project, delivered in partnership with the University of Adelaide under the Defence Trailblazer program.

Ukraine sees lessons for Australia

Australian defence companies and ultimately the ADF could use the vast amount of data accumulated by Ukraine in its war with Russia to enhance defence capabilities, says Ukraine’s ambassador to Australia.

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