Australia needs a sovereign capability to quickly place persistent sensors and communications relays over disaster areas or battlefields. High altitude balloons can deliver capability quickly and at less cost than orbital launches | Grant McHerron

Penten and Amiosec have merged to form PentenAmio. Among the founders of Penten and Amiosec, Matthew Wilson and Adrian Cunningham respectively, have been appointed as Executive Co-Chairs of the merged business.

Q-CTRL has announced successful field trials of a quantum-assured navigation system, which is a part of a new generation of  navigation solutions. 

Australia’s iLaunch Trailblazer has partnered with the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center by signing a Memorandum of Understanding to enable more collaboration in space technology and security.

Defence has declared its high performance computing capability is fully operational. After intensive research and project development by Defence Science and Technology Group, the supercomputer has now achieved Final Operational Capability.

Cyber Command has celebrated its first birthday with a ceremony in Canberra on March 26, which has recognised its contribution to the defence of the nation.  

From Mount Stromlo in the ACT and Learmonth in Western Australia, Canberra-based defence and space company Electro Optic Systems (EOS) was among those watching when a group of Chinese satellites engaged in practice dogfighting | Max Blenkin

HEO has been chosen by Space Machines Company to support its on-orbit servicing and space debris mitigation demonstration, Space-MAITRI, which is scheduled to launch in late 2026.

In partnership with Spire, Myriota has launched a further four satellites that have been added to its UltraLite LEO constellation.

China’s DeepSeek artificial intelligence was officially launched on 20 January, wiping billions from the value of US stocks, particularly tech companies such as Nvidia | Max Blenkin

Toll Aviation has showcased its latest advancement in aviation training, the Mixed Augmented Virtual Reality Simulator, at the Avalon Air Show | Liep Gatwech

DroneShield has released its UAS Incident platform, a new tool created to provide DroneShield customers with comprehensive insights by sector into drone-related incidents worldwide.

Rocket Lab USA has launched its Electron rocket, deploying five satellites to Low Earth Orbit for French Internet-of-Things constellation operator Kinéis.

Nova Systems has created an AI Technology which examines sonar imagery collected from autonomous underwater vehicles and notifies the operator if an unknown object or threat is detected. 

Breaker, an Australian-founded AI company, has won $2 million in pre-seed funding to scale its AI agents and develop true mass autonomy in robotics.

GME, a manufacturer of radio frequency communication technology products, has announced its acquisition of Eylex.