Lockheed Martin Australia, in collaboration with UNSW and Adelaide University researchers, and delivered through Lockheed Martin's Advanced Systems & Technologies R&D team, six R&D projects are underway and being supported by the Defence Trailblazer.

Southern Launch has announced the safe return of Varda Space Industries’ W-6 capsule to the Koonibba Test Range.

China has built and practised with weapons to attack US and ally satellites in space and would certainly use those weapons if war started, the head of US space combat command has warned | Max Blenkin

NEC has launched a project to develop an Orbital Transfer Vehicle following its selection by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and the agency’s decision to award NEC with a grant.

Adelaide-based artificial intelligence company AICraft has secured support through the Manufacturing Growth Accelerator Program to develop advanced electronics that will enable the next generation of spaceborne radar systems.

A few years ago, artificial intelligence was not something on the radar for many industries. Fast-forward to today and it is taking the defence world by storm | Kirra Davey

A sub-system payload of TEMPO, the compact optical atomic clock developed by QuantX Labs, is now in orbit following its 30 March launch aboard the SpaceX Transporter-16 mission with French space mobility company Exotrail’s Spacevan002.

DroneShield has announced its Q2 2026 software release, delivering coordinated updates across its RF sensing, AI, ATAK-CIV plugin, and command-and-control platforms.

Spiral Blue has announced its first international LiDAR export, a strategic sale to Lodestar Space, a United Kingdom-based company.

A consortium led by Space Machines Company has been awarded $2.9 million in Cooperative Research Centres Projects grant funding from the Australian Government.

March saw developments in two artificial intelligence research projects commissioned by Japan’s Acquisitions, Technology & Logistics Agency, as Japan’s Ministry of Defense ramps up efforts to implement directives on AI induction | Corey Lee Bell

PHM Technology and Sypaq Systems have announced a strategic partnership to deliver PHMT’s MADE software to the Australian Defence Force.

L3Harris Technologies, working alongside its partner nation, Australia, has completed a major mirror refurbishment for the US Space Force’s Space Surveillance Telescope.

Nova Systems has given a $1 million commitment to support national efforts to send Australian astronaut and 2026 Australian of the Year Katherine Bennell-Pegg to the International Space Station.

The NSW Government has opened Saber Astronautics’ new research and development laboratory in Chippendale.

Vection Technologies has been awarded a $2.2 million defence contract from a repeat military customer within the European defence ecosystem for its Far Edge Data Retention Appliance.