The Gold Coast has long been known for its sand, surf and warm weather, but is now starting to emerge as a national force in two quite unexpected domains: defence and aerospace | Gregor Ferguson Read more
The University of Melbourne and QinetiQ have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, with the hope of combining academic expertise with industry insights.
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems recently launched its new branding as TKMS while also announcing that their order backlog for submarines and surface vessels has grown to €18 billion (approx. A$32 billion) | Grant McHerron
Serco has announced that it has retained its contract to provide support to the US Navy’s amphibious warfare ships and systems. The five-year contract has an estimated cost of $167 million.
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company and CAE will collaborate to deliver the CAE Magnetic Anomaly Detection-Extended Role system for installation aboard US Navy and Royal Australian Navy MH-60R Seahawk helicopters.
Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency has signed an agreement with Airbus Helicopters on crewed-uncrewed teaming capabilities with the H225M Medium Lift helicopter.
The first cohort of Australian Army sappers have commenced training on new combat engineering vehicles.
Embraer has announced during the 55th edition of the Paris Air Show that Portugal has decided to acquire a sixth KC-390 Millennium aircraft.
NextDC has announced a $2 billion commitment to develop M4 Melbourne — a next-generation digital campus at 127 Todd Road, Port Melbourne.
Over 30 defence industry participants have completed the three-day Defence Trailblazer Entrepreneurial Foundations for Defence Intensive event in Adelaide.
The Australian made and designed autonomous aircraft, MQ-28A Ghost Bat, has soared to a major capability milestone.
Navantia Australia has signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with the Defence Science and Technology Group to advance innovation, science, and technology research in support of the Royal Australian Navy’s surface fleet.
Airbus has announced that the first A400M military transport aircraft for the Indonesian Air Force has rolled out of the paint shop at the Final Assembly Line in Seville, Spain.
The US Defense Department has launched a review of the AUKUS agreement | Max Blenkin
Vocus and Telesat have announced that Vocus will build Australia's first Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit Landing Station.
Naval Base Point Loma in California was the venue for an announcement by then President Joe Biden, then UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian PM Anthony Albanese about plans to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines | Mark Ayton
Space Machines Company and the University of Technology Sydney have announced the creation of an Australian industrial-scale spacecraft manufacturing facility and renewed their partnership for a further three years.