Progress in the AUKUS project is likely to slow down over the next year as divisions in Congress and campaigns for the next US Presidential Election will dominate the political agenda for 2024 | Tim Fish

JFD Australia, a subsidiary of UK-based JFD Global, has provided contracted submarine rescue services for the Royal Australian Navy since 2010 | Max Blenkin

Under a partnership between international defence company L3Harris and Tasmania-based Sentinel boats, the Sentinel 1100 boat demonstrated its autonomous capabilities at Indo Pacific 23 | Tim Fish

The Department of Defence has admitted that it 'did not conduct an effective limited tender process' for the design of the $45 billion Hunter class frigates | Ewen Levick

Navantia Australia has announced several new partnerships during Indo-Pac 23, including the establishment of a Technology Partner Network with industry and with academic institutes UTS, RMIT and the Australian Maritime College at UTAS.

SEA has designed a new trainable decoy launcher called Ancilia, which the company is marketing at the Indo-Pacific Maritime exhibition | Tim Fish

Japan has staged its first ever appearance at an Australian defence industry exposition, with 10 companies exhibiting their technology | Max Blenkin

UMS Skeldar, a joint venture company between Saab and UMS Aero, is to bring its V-200 rotary uncrewed aerial system to the Indo-Pacific region for the first-time next year | Tim Fish

BAE Systems Australia has announced that it is working with small and medium enterprises to support them in uplifting their capability to work on the Hunter Class Frigate Program.

The manufacturer of the S-100 Camcopter rotary wing uncrewed aerial system, Schiebel, will have to scale back operations in Australia if decisions about military UAS capabilities are not taken soon | Tim Fish

L3Harris and Sentinel Boats have partnered to showcase autonomous systems capabilities on Sydney Harbour during Indo Pacific 2023.

Lockheed Martin is developing a version of its familiar Patriot surface to air missile which could one day replace SM-2 missiles | Max Blenkin

Austal, Civmec and Navantia Australia have announced a partnership to propose the delivery of six corvettes to the Australian Government in recognition of the Navy’s need for increased strike capability.

Gibbs&Cox has confirmed it will be proposing a new light frigate design as a possible alternative to the Arafura-class offshore patrol vessels now under construction for the RAN | Julian Kerr

BAE Systems Australia’s shipyard in Western Australia has taken the first steps in constructing the proof-of-concept mast for the Hunter Class Frigate Program.

The new Speartooth Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle that has been under development for the RAN has completed trials and is ready for the next stage of development | Tim Fish